Comments on: 2nd Twitter virus / worm in 24 hours – Mickeyy! http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/ Tech news | Tech views | Geeky goodness Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:37:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-8308 Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly Sat, 09 May 2009 05:29:27 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-8308 Don't the tagged.com people offer tech support, to solve the issue? Don’t the tagged.com people offer tech support, to solve the issue?

]]> By: Seriously Discouraged http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-8268 Seriously Discouraged Fri, 08 May 2009 22:27:21 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-8268 This is not confined to just twitter. My webpage on Tagged.com is infected as well. When I try to open my page it makes a call to edit my page and then a bunch of calls to the michalangelo page to download and process scripts. My friends computers crash when they try to visite my site. This Mickeyy guy is seriously pissing off a BUNCH of people. I can't figure out how to debug it now. This is not confined to just twitter. My webpage on Tagged.com is infected as well. When I try to open my page it makes a call to edit my page and then a bunch of calls to the michalangelo page to download and process scripts. My friends computers crash when they try to visite my site. This Mickeyy guy is seriously pissing off a BUNCH of people. I can’t figure out how to debug it now.

]]> By: mcafee macafee website XSS vulnerabilities worm | The Tech News Blog http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-7684 mcafee macafee website XSS vulnerabilities worm | The Tech News Blog Mon, 04 May 2009 13:19:28 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-7684 [...] was an XSS valnerability, which led to Twitter’s recent mickeey worm.  Although that particular worm was fairly harmless, a hacker could quite easily exploit the XSS [...] [...] was an XSS valnerability, which led to Twitter’s recent mickeey worm.  Although that particular worm was fairly harmless, a hacker could quite easily exploit the XSS [...]

]]> By: Benin http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-6514 Benin Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:43:05 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-6514 Thanks Jim, thats great info. I hope that this isn't going to end up being the thing that causes Twitter fade away. But they really have to get on it, this type of stuff is down right scary. Thanks Jim, thats great info. I hope that this isn’t going to end up being the thing that causes Twitter fade away. But they really have to get on it, this type of stuff is down right scary.

]]> By: Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-6026 Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:36:46 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-6026 Hi Mario, Twitter is like any on line service, which becomes very popular very quickly. As it attracts more people (especially noobs), it will attract more attacks. Spammers / hackers go where the numbers are. These are smart guys. That's why they attack Windows so much and linux / OSX so little. It's about user numbers. Expect to see more spam, more hacks and more worms as Twitter gets ever bigger. Hi Mario,

Twitter is like any on line service, which becomes very popular very quickly. As it attracts more people (especially noobs), it will attract more attacks. Spammers / hackers go where the numbers are. These are smart guys. That’s why they attack Windows so much and linux / OSX so little. It’s about user numbers.

Expect to see more spam, more hacks and more worms as Twitter gets ever bigger.

]]> By: Mario Remedios http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 Mario Remedios Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:22:24 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-6021 Hi Jim, I don't know what to think about twitter at this point. I predict it's gonna grow much more in the next couple of months. They are gonna have to do something on their end to fix all their problems. But the truth is it's very easy to contaminate an entire network through this type of community. A few months back, my twitter account was hacked into and the person who did this started sending nonsense tweets to my followers as well as following as many people as possible in order to annoy me and ruin my relationships. Some people have lots of time in their hands to cause damage. It's so sad because I do think twitter is an amazing tool when used appropriately. Hi Jim,
I don’t know what to think about twitter at this point. I predict it’s gonna grow much more in the next couple of months. They are gonna have to do something on their end to fix all their problems. But the truth is it’s very easy to contaminate an entire network through this type of community. A few months back, my twitter account was hacked into and the person who did this started sending nonsense tweets to my followers as well as following as many people as possible in order to annoy me and ruin my relationships. Some people have lots of time in their hands to cause damage. It’s so sad because I do think twitter is an amazing tool when used appropriately.

]]> By: Twitter – geliebt und gehasst | Deutschflüsterer http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-5721 Twitter – geliebt und gehasst | Deutschflüsterer Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:03:33 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-5721 [...] ein wenig Unruhe in die sich mitteilende Gemeinde der Twitterer brachte. Er schleuste ein Virus (Mickeyy Mooney) ein und stellte die Portalbetreiber vor die Aufgabe, Gegenmaßnahmen zu ergreifen. Dies sei [...] [...] ein wenig Unruhe in die sich mitteilende Gemeinde der Twitterer brachte. Er schleuste ein Virus (Mickeyy Mooney) ein und stellte die Portalbetreiber vor die Aufgabe, Gegenmaßnahmen zu ergreifen. Dies sei [...]

]]> By: Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-5121 Tech News Blog Editor | Jim Connolly Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:47:32 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-5121 Mario, The truth is, right now Twitter's NOT a safe place to be. Might be a good time for people to start looking at alternatives? Mario,

The truth is, right now Twitter’s NOT a safe place to be. Might be a good time for people to start looking at alternatives?

]]> By: Mario Remedios http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/12/2nd-twitter-virus-worm-in-24-hours-mickeyy/comment-page-1/#comment-5120 Mario Remedios Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:39:37 +0000 http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1873#comment-5120 Thanks Jim for this post. I got infected a few times from this. I had no clue about this virus. Hopefully everything is back to normal soon. :-) Thanks Jim for this post. I got infected a few times from this. I had no clue about this virus. Hopefully everything is back to normal soon. :-)

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