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“Profile me” bot on Twitter
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There is a bot activity in Twitter and at the
moment is related to the new followers gaining only. What is
happening is “profile me” bot is exploring all Twitpic hosted
pictures replying to the authors with the same text phrase:
In spite of the bot being used to gain followers and to promote porno content via bio user information, potentially it could be used for any other malicious purpose – like malware spreading via adding additional short URLs to the twits.
We’re monitoring it.
In spite of the bot being used to gain followers and to promote porno content via bio user information, potentially it could be used for any other malicious purpose – like malware spreading via adding additional short URLs to the twits.
We’re monitoring it.
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