Tweets Link to Identity Theft
“Misty Buttons” just started following me on Twitter. She’s a curvaceous bodacious and seemingly oppressed follower who isn’t getting her needs met. She apparently needs me to meet those needs. It is of course a tempting offer that someone, somewhere may accept. I’m going to pass. Twitter porn and cyber crime are one in the same. Criminal hackers are using porn lure unsuspecting “twits” into their lair, distributing malicious software and getting the pent-up to enter credit card data. In some cases they deserve to be scammed.
Links showing up in Twitter feeds from these ne’er-do-wells who have nothing better to do can have a devastating effect on your PC and your bank account if you start clicking links.
Antivirus provider McAfee reported a 500 percent increase in malware in 2008 — more than the past five years combined. Coinciding with this finding the FBI reported a 33 percent increase in Internet crime last year.
