Tag: Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus hacker “worn numerous celebrity MySpace accounts for spamming”

The 19-year-old hacker who was raid last October for supposedly breaking into Miley Cyrus’s MySpace account and stealing candid photographs of the teenage singer, also hacking into the accounts of other stars according to the FBI.

According to an affidavit obtained by News Channel 5, Miley Cyrus was not the only fatality of Tennessee teenager Josh Holly who used the online pet name “Trainreq“.

Wired magazine rumor that music stars such as Rihanna, Chris Brown, Linkin Park and fall out Boy had their MySpace accounts compromised, with Holly spamming fans post about where they could download ringtones for their favourite artists. Advertising affiliate are said to have paid Holly between $5 and $12 for each person who respond to the adverts.

 

 

 

According to the documents, Holly established $110,000 from the scheme among November 2007 and July 2008, though he claims that half of the money went to an Israeli-based accomplice.

In the meantime, Holly is still organization his Trainreq website, apparently courting attention from the media, where he is even in a row a poll asking people what punishment visitors think he should receive

Emma Watson Blames Twitter Hackers

Adolescent actress Emma Watson, known around the world for her depiction of brain box Hermione Granger in the sequence of Harry Potter films, has fated fraudsters impersonate her on Twitter. The popular performer has claim that reports that she had conventional a place at Yale University were spread via the micro-blogging site because of fake profile which is using her name.

A spokesperson for Watson posted on Emma Watson’s official website, though, debunking the claims.

“Emma does not have a Twitter account and these -rumors are false. Emma is still annoying to make a decision whether she wants to attend university in the UK or the USA and hasn’t conventional any placements at this time,” said the statement.

 

 

Of course, this is distant from the first time that a fake celebrity has caused mischief on Twitter.Newspapers were lively with news that Twitter had reached a tipping point when it was reported that the Dalai Lama had connected the service, only for the profile to be later exposed as fake.

And late last year I blogged about the various fake Al Gores on Twitter, and when it was reported that Vint Cerf’s Twitter account appear to be spew spam it took a journalist from The Register to dig around and discover that the account was fake.

 

 

More lately Scottish actor David Tennant has been affectionately lampooned – although, in his case, the fakers were frank that they were not really the award-winning star of BBC TV’s Doctor Who series.Most of this stuff is pretty harmless, compared to when real celebrity’s accounts get hacked like Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Barrack Osama.

But there is a basic subject of too much faith here. People appear to consider what they read on their computer screen – even though anybody can create a Twitter account and claim to be, say, Michael Jackson without any checks done on their true identity.The point is simple – stop being so trusting. Look for good verification that you’re communicating with the person you really think you are.

Miley Cyrus Sex Tape Hoax scattering On Face book

In the newest repayment of “Watch your most beloved/hated pop star do malicious things by clicking on this Face book link!” an supposed Miley Cyrus sex tape is circulating on Face book, but the entire thing is (surprise!) a scam. Let us know if you’ve seen this on your News Feed.

It was a hypothetical sex tape connecting Lindsey Lohan which got people rsvp-ing to actions that would link them to the video; of course, in reality the whole thing was about making you whole sale forms online, and the video didn’t exist. Then, it was Justin Bieber’s turn, and the promise to see the teen pop star during a “happy” moment actually spread spam and malware to your Face book friends.

Now, it appears that a new scam is spreading on Face book, though we still have to see it appear in our News Feeds. According to Sophos, a status update that goes, “omg Miley Cyrus sex tape [plus link]” is captivating over some legitimate Face book client accounts. It is indistinct how the users’ accounts are being compromise at the second, although the website that the link takes you to is clearly nasty. Do not click on it!

Have you seen this on your page/news feed?

Miley Cyrus Pictures worn as entice in New Face book Scam

Pictures of young actress Miley Cyrus are again being used as lure by Face book scammers to trick users into spamming their friends and completing deceptive surveys. Ever since risqué photos of her were leaked onto the Internet at the age of fifteen, Miley Cyrus’s name has been regularly used in scams.

The recently turned 18 actresses and singer didn’t make things all that hard either with all the controversial situations she constantly placed herself in. The latest one involved being photographed while smoking salvia from a bong a few days after her eighteenth birthday.

 

 

According to Face crooks, the latest spam messages circulating around Face book read: “SICK! I lost all my respect for MILEY CYRUS after watching these shocking pictures! ===> [link]”


 

The link takes users to a rogue app called “Miley did a sad mistake” which requests permission to post on their walls and access their profile information. The only purpose of this app is to send spam messages from victims’ accounts in order to propagate the scam.

 

And of course, people who misguidedly install the app don’t get to see any picture of Miley Cyrus. Instead, they are asked to complete a survey, allegedly as a security check. In addition to earning money for scammers through affiliate marketing schemes, these so called surveys attempt to subscribe people to premium rate services billed to their mobile phones.

 

 

People who fell victim to this scam should go to Account > Privacy Settings > Applications and Websites and revoke the permissions of any apps they don’t recognize or need.

 

 

Affected users should also remove the spam messages posted by the app on their walls in order to protect their friends and family members. Also, people who provided their phone number during one of these surveys should contact their mobile operator immediately and request the blocking of any additional charges.

Vanished all esteem for Emma Watson? Face book click jacking assault spreads virally

Emma Watson, the actress who plays the fraction of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has establish herself the topic of a click jacking scam on Face book.

User of the social network have seen mail posted by their online friends claiming to have misplaced all respect for Emma Watson, after surveillance a video starring the young actress.

I mislaid all respect for Emma Watson when I seen this video! Outrageous!
Other versions may read:I lost all admiration for Emma Watson when I saw this video! Outrageous!


If you’re inquisitive sufficient to click on the link, your browser will be taken to a webpage which pretend to be a YouTube-style video site called FbVideo.

If you’ve got this far, you’ll almost certainly be tempted to tick to view the video. However, like the many click jacking attack we saw on Face book, you will be imperceptibly clicking on a “Like” button without your information, sharing the link further with your friends.

The page is intended to display a survey scam, which both earns money for the scammers and can trick you into handing over your mobile phone number to sign you up for a premium rate SMS service.You can protect yourself from click jacking threats like this by using browser plug-in such as No Script for Firefox.

But wouldn’t it be great if Face book required users to confirm that they wished to “Like” a webpage? That would make scams like have a harder time spreading virally via the social network.

By the way, other versions of the scam are using the names of Miley Cyrus.

If you find you have accidentally “Liked” an offending webpage, remove references to it from your wall and check your profile settings.

As Chet pointed out with a similarly-themed Justin Bieber clickjacking scam on Facebook, it can also make sense to logout from Facebook when you are not actively using it to reduce the probability of you being tricked into “Liking” things you don’t really like.