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Spammers Take Over Apple's New Ping Social Network
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:10:08 GMT
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, the site fell victim to spammers looking to make a quick buck from Apple's unsuspecting 160 million music lovers exploring the new way to discover what music their friends are listening to.
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Apple's Ping a Scammer's Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out
(PC World)
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:57:00 GMT
PC World - Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is "drowning in scams and spams," security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of clickjacking worms or other forms of aggressive malware, experts say. But if you're looking for links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones, iPads, and other assorted iDevices, then Ping in iTunes 10 is the social network for you.
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Botnet Takedown May Yield Valuable Data
(PC World)
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:09 GMT
PC World - Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
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