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Topics on Twitter: Swine flu spamIt didn't take long for spam marketers to jump on the swine-flu outbreak. InformationWeek reports: >> Using messages designed to exploit worries about the swine flu outbreak -- a technique known as social engineering -- spammers are trying to infect computers, steal information, and drive online pharmacy sales. Symantec on Tuesday reported that spam messages with provocative titles like "Salma Hayek caught swine flu!" and "US swine flu fears" are being widely distributed. (Read more) Here's what people are saying about swine-flu spam today on Twitter: |
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Interesting stuff. Did you hear that there's a new strain which is resistant to the anti-flu drugs? Tamiflu etc? Found a really good website for tracking it's progress, seems to be updated every hour or so... http://www.swinefludeaths.co.uk.
Posted by: Lisa85856 | Jul 13, 2009 2:43:48 PM
Interesting stuff. Did you hear that there's a new strain which is resistant to the anti-flu drugs? Tamiflu etc? Found a really good website for tracking it's progress, seems to be updated every hour or so... http://www.swinefludeaths.co.uk.
Posted by: Lisa85856 | Jul 13, 2009 2:52:56 PM
