Micro-Blogging The Dangers
Twitter, one of the best startups that has brought blogging on the mobile scale has suffered another blow when a scam labeled as a “Best Video” link scammed users onto a malware downloading site that has affected thousands of users. As with previous incidents of re-direction to malicious sites, they were prompted by fake infection notices that told them to pay up and install some fake software. The re-direction also manifested with a PDF file that was loaded with exploits, rendering the computer system infected and vulnerable to further attack.
The company has blocked sites that it has determined to be infected yet there are some real sites that were also blocked. They have assured that all legit sites would be restored without any private data disclosed or compromised. They should have bolstered their security measures adding to the already strong security of Ruby, the platform that made the micro-Blogging site possible.