A new Twitter worm seems to be burrowing its way across the service, apparently forcing mobile Twitter users to retweet a goo.gl shortened link which they clicked on themselves. So far, there are two versions of the link..., but there are likely to be more. ...
The Next Web used a tool that lets users check where the shortened link will take them before they click on it, and it turns out that the destination is...a legitimate but compromised site of a French furniture company. ...
Whether these sites are meant to serve malware is not yet clear, but the real issue here is that they might, so Twitter needs to find out soon how this worm spreads and stop it in order to prevent further mischief. ...
A third instance of usage of a goo.gl shortened link has been also spotted, and it's not yet clear if there is any connection with the worm. [Date: 7 December 2010; Source: http://www.net- security.org/malware_news.php?id=1558]
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