Hackers Using Twitter to Manage Botnet
CIO.com on August 14, 2009
According to a security researcher, hackers have found a way to use Twitter to control a network of botnet computers. The researcher discovered that a Twitter account was posting tweets that contained links to commands and executables. The account has been suspended and is being investigated by Twitter’s own security experts.
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