Shortened URLs can lead to Malware

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by StevieO, Jun 24, 2009.

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  1. StevieO

    StevieO Registered Member

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    Saw this on http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3669


    " The Twitter account belonging to venture capitalist and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki was hijacked yesterday and used to push malware to some 140,000 Twitter users. The attack (screenshot above) included a link to what purported to be a sex tape video free download linked to Gossip Girls star Leighton Meester but, after a series of clicks, the end result was a malicious Trojan "

    " leads you to a malicious website designed to infect both Macs and PCs "


    http://bit.ly is used to shorten URLs. This hasn't gone unnoticed by the bad guys as a way to obfuscate Malicious links.

    hxxp://twitter.com/GuyKawasaki/statuses/2300623174

    hxx://bit.ly/app/warning?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nowpublic.com%2fculture%2fleighton-meester-sex-tape-video-free-download&hash=M2QA5&class=surbl

    hxxp://www.nowpublic.com/node/2375907/preview?login=1&dest=node/2375907/preview

    You will not be able to get there as you need to enter your user name and password to sign in.
     
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    SHUURL provides a preview of the shortened URL plus a safety rating courtesy of WOT.
     
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