Android Malware Through Twitter

According the Symantec's security researchers, they have identified an increase of Twitter messages carrying links to malicious malware for Android mobile devices in recent weeks. It was reported that malware messages was sent over 130,000 tweets from 100 accounts. Symantec said they are working with Twitter to disable accounts that are sending out malicious links. Ever since the inception of shortened URLs, there have been countless of spam campaigns to exploit the service.

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