The folks at F-Secure have detected yet another worm spreading on Twitter. Internet Explorer users can infect their Twitter profile by simply viewing another users infected profile. If you’re infected, your name, bio and location and website will all be changed to “Mikeyy” and the worm will start posting the following messages from your account:
Twitter, this sucks! Fix your coding.
Twitter Security Team Really? You need to be fired.
Horrible Coding!
@oprah – sup? welcome to twitter – mikeyy
@aplusk – hey, homo. – mikeyy
@souljaboyellem – your music sucks dude. – mikeyy
@TheEllenShow – hey baby, love me long time? – mikeyy
@StephenColbert – you funny. – mikeyy
@cnnbrk – he’s back.
– mikeyy
@nytimes – yep, it’s true. – mikeyy
Twitter, do you know about the before_save model callback? – mikeyy
This exploit only affects Internet Explorer users. Thanks. – mikeyy
Twitter, BeforeSave: ForEach: DataArray: EscapeHtmlCars!!! – mikeyy
Get Firefox, thanks. www.Firefox.com
Twitter, you should be paying me now. – mikeyy
For now, F-Secure recommends not viewing user profiles.
More info can be found here on the F-Secure website.
Tags: Mikeyy, Twitter Worm —

