- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 18th, 2014
Diet Spammers Turn Compromised Twitter Account into “CNN Hotline”
The shady weight loss websites are set up to push potentially unwanted applications
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 29th, 2014
Weight Loss Spam Campaign Seen on Pinterest
The social media network is aware of the spam run
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 23rd, 2014
Twitter Spam Campaign Relies on DMs to Lure Users to Bogus Diet Sites
Malwarebytes researchers have been monitoring this spam run
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 9th, 2014
Cybercriminals Continue to Abuse Twitter for Diet Spam and Phishing
Janne Ahlberg has been monitoring the latest campaigns
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 23rd, 2013
Spammers Hack Twitter Account of Ice Hockey Player Jordan Eberle
A link to a shady diet website was posted from the hijacked profile
- Spam Reports
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 10th, 2013
Hacked HootSuite Accounts Used to Advertise Scammy Diet Websites on Twitter
The company says that around 7,000 accounts have been hijacked for this spam run
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 19th, 2013
Queensland Police Twitter Account Hacked by Spammers
The spam tweets have been removed and QPS representatives apologized for the incident
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 16th, 2013
Spammers Hijack Twitter Account of Musician Nick Santino (Updated)
The musician quickly recovered his account and removed the shady diet tweets
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 13th, 2013
Kevin Bacon’s Twitter Account Hacked, Followers Lured to Phishing Site
The actor has changed his password following the incident
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 7th, 2013
Twitter Accounts of Zach Roerig, Jane Ellison MP, Mike Massaro and Justin Bethel Hacked
Diet spammers compromise the accounts with the aid of phishing websites