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New study reveals criminal abuses of Twitter. Surprised?
- Wednesday | 31st July, 2019
Trend Micro Incorporated has announced a new study revealing how cybercriminals are abusing Twitter via tech support scams, command-and-control (C&C) operations and data exfiltration. Trend Micro researchers analyzed a large volume of Twitter data to identify relationships between various entities to spot anomalies and uncover key insights. We hope by making these abuses known, both businesses and consumers can be vigilant to not become victims of such attacks.”Criminals were found using fake Twitter accounts to spoof those of legitimate vendors for credible tech support scams. This is often part of a multi-platform strategy along with YouTube, Facebook, Telegram and other channels to improve SEO for fake tech support websites linked to the Twitter accounts, boosting their search rankings. It is also important for security teams to validate Twitter data when leveraging it for investigations or threat intelligence.
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