Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

sec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. " -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry Seltzer wrote: > Many tweets with this message in the last 24 hours or so. Any guess at > what it?s about? > >  >

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:01:40 EDT, Robert Portvliet said: > I noticed that most of the bots I looked at don't seem to be following > anyone (or follow very few), but do average a couple hundred > followers.. are they getting followers via DMing people or what? Apparently, the bar for passing the Tu

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

On 10/5/09 2:23 PM, "Jon Kibler" wrote: > So, what would be accomplished by a bot posting the same message multiple > times > to twitter? I don't get it. If I understand it right... It looks like a real message from a real person, so when a human admin looks at any one individual twitter account

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

It's just filler to make the bot look like a human, the real point is the spam tweets in between the other inane dribble & jokes. I noticed that most of the bots I looked at don't seem to be following anyone (or follow very few), but do average a couple hundred followers.. are they getting followe

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry Seltzer wrote: > Many tweets with this message in the last 24 hours or so. Any guess at > what it?s about? > > > > http://twitter.com/home#search?q=SQL%20backup%20job%20failures%20 > > Okay, maybe I am dense. (I have never understood Twit

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

These look like they are all fake Twitter profiles that include some realistic tweets (such as the SQL post you mention) and other features designed to make them appear real. Ultimately they're designed to spam people with messages such as this: http://twitter.com/johnnyweisman/status/4632982743

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

Larry Seltzer wrote: Many tweets with this message in the last 24 hours or so. Any guess at what it's about? http://twitter.com/home#search?q=SQL%20backup%20job%20failures%20 It seems every single of the tweets has note that it has been posted via API. If you look at tweets that follo

Re: [funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

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[funsec] "File server blew up over the weekend. Over 1000 SQL backup job failures in the inbox this morning. "

Many tweets with this message in the last 24 hours or so. Any guess at what it's about? http://twitter.com/home#search?q=SQL%20backup%20job%20failures%20 Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffd