ALERT: Profile Spy scam is Spreading on Twitter

If you’ve seen a tweet claiming to offer you a way to see who has viewed your Twitter profile today, do not click the included link. An attack is currently underway on Twitter, stemming from the rogueware “Profile Spy”.

The IT security firm Sophos caught this rogueware spreading across Twitter mid Monday morning.

There are thousands of affected accounts, each virally spreading the third-party app “Profile Spy” in tweets which look like this:

As Sophos explains, there is absolutely no way to see who has viewed your Twitter profile, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from clicking on the links and giving permission to “Profile Spy” to post from their accounts.

If you have given “Profile Spy” access to your account, revoke it immediately.

Otherwise,

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