CyberCriminals uses CNN Open Redirect vulnerability

Spammers uses open redirect vulnerability in CNN Web site.

Founder of E Hacking News Sabari Selvan has revealed a new campaign by sending out spam to Twitter. According Selvana, cybercriminals send out from your account unsolicited messages (spam), contain links to Internet sites that advertise dubious diet.

The most striking is the fact that spammers are actively using open redirect vulnerability on CNN and Yahoo. Thus, by following the link, the victim is redirected to the advertised site cybercriminals from the official website CNN and Yahoo.

Facebook will remove the counterfeit mark "Like"

Social network Facebook has decided to proceed with a large-scale clean-up of the fake "Likes."

Facebook began to introduce more stringent measures against spammers and malicious content - the company intends to further develop the marks "Like", removing bogus mark. The company said it will remove all the marks that were generated by automated or suspicious accounts. Typically, counterfeit mark used to promote certain products or bringing attention to the blogs of users.

Simply put, Facebook has launched a program, scrub cheated optimizers ranking points needed to attract increased interest on the part of users. Usually, fake "like" used to promote certain goods, attracting attention to the blog and other actions aimed at promoting a blog or an article in it.

Removing bogus stamps will implement special programs for the calculation of "Likes". In the Facebook note that these measures will improve the quality of content, which is really interesting to users, and tougher action against spammers.