This is a group of people exploiting a now patched vulnerability in cross-site scripting. Not specifically a virus. It could easily have been used to spread a click-less batch of malware or a site redirect, but for now it seems the issue has been resolved by Twitter.
Thanks, Jeff - je...@sunbeltsoftware.com Sunbelt Software, part of the GFI Software family www.sunbeltsoftware.com<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/> From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Twitter Well I initially was the same way, except the second hand report said it was affecting computer systems at corporations. I wanted to do some more research since we have users at our office using tweetdeck. From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Twitter Having trouble thinking of a reason to care about a tweet virus... On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Terry Dickson <te...@treasurer.state.ks.us<mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us>> wrote: Has anyone heard about a new Virus hitting Twitter today? I just got a second hand report from someone that a virus is spreading quickly on Twitter and I want to do more research. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
