StalkDaily worm infects Twitter

A worm written for Twitter has infected the microblogging service and automatically sent messages in order to spread the infection further. However, Twitter’s administrators are said to have the worm under control.

The worm allegedly exploited a cross-site scripting vulnerability in its Twitter pages, but the web service staff has reportedly patched that vulnerability. On Saturday, some Twitter profiles were infected, after which the worm began to spread via tweets linking to the malware. Also, the StalkDaily worm, named after the alleged links with a website of the same name, would have provided the profile pages of Twitter users with a link to the worm. The owner of the StalkDaily website initially denied the allegations, but now he appears to be at fault via an email to BNOnews.com familiar.

The reason given by the person responsible for the StalkDaily Worm, 17-year-old Brooklyn-based Mikeyy Mooney, was bored. He also hoped to warn Twitter administrators with the worm while promoting his own site. Mooney’s site is a service similar to Twitter. According to Mooney, his worm did not steal any privacy-sensitive information, such as passwords, but in some cases Twitter administrators have had to change the passwords of accounts. reset.