Written by Jeromie Jackson Published on Sunday, 12 April 2009 14:24 Last updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 20:55
A worm started affecting Twitter users on Saturday. Twitter warned users not to visit StalkDaily.com and equally not to visit the site. Users can be infected if they view the profile of someone who has already been hit by the worm. Infected users start sending out spam-type tweets telling people to check out the StalkDaily.com website. It is believed it may be due to a XSS attack, but not yet confirmed. Twitter has setup a status page to keep users informed.
StalkDaily commented, "For everyone wondering, I did NOT promote and/or was involved with the spamming ON Twitter. All bad things you are hearing about this site is not true. Please reconsider as I am not the person who did this…StalkDaily is a website that follows the same functions as Twitter, except more advanced How? Well, instead of just adding an “update status”, people can add pictures and videos. Then you can stalk them, so when they upload a video or picture, or comment someone, you’ll know!"
Twitter mentioned they had stopped the worm, but 8 hours after their comment the worm had mutated and launched new attacks. I'll continue updating this blog as things progress.
