Twitter's History with Malware, a Timeline [Infographic]

As soon as something becomes popular, it seems, people find a way to do something malicious with it. And Twitter is no exception. Twitter has seen concerted malware efforts since as early as April 2007, according to this infographic.

SecureList Blog, part of security software development company Kapersky Lab, released the “Twitter Malware Through Time” infographic this week to commemorate Twitter’s fifth birthday.

One of the first instances of malware on Twitter occurred after it rose to fame within the tech crowd at SXSW in 2007.

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