As if we don’t have enough to worry about when it comes to potential attacks of all kinds. First there were reports about the social media site Facebook and its highly infected news feeds now there appears to be yet another mischief seeking internet fiend sending out infected Goo.gl links via Twitter. Users are being warned not to click these suspicious links as they might direct you to malicious sites.
A number of tweets containing only the link “goo.gl/R7f68″ are showing up on Twitter, but clicking the link will direct users to malware-laden sites, according to The Next Web. As the blog notes, that link has shown up in other number configurations, however, so best not to click on any suspicious links at the moment.
In a recent update, The Next Web said the attackers apparently took over a French furniture Web site and loaded forwarding scripts, which take users to the malicious sites. The attack is also apparently showing up in links that promise an easy way to keep track of people who follow and unfollow you on Twitter, so beware.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has not posted any updates to its status blog or spam feed. At this point, a search on Twitter for “goo.gl/R7f68″ mostly turns up tweets from people warning others not to click on tweets with that link.


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