WireSpot Tech Blog

The malicious worm affecting Twitter over the weekend has now mutated and continues to invade the popular microblogging network. Although Twitter is taking action against the problem, security analysts fear that further mutations of the worm will continue to wreak havoc on the network over the week.

The worm, appearing as “” or “StalkDaily”, was created by the 17-year-old Mike Mooney “out of boredom” and is now generating thousands of spam messages containing the word “Mikeyy.” This is the fourth attack by the worm in the last four days, which sends Twitter messages from infected accounts, without the owners’ knowledge.

How to keep safe from Mikeyy

First of all, experts advise Twitter users not to click on any links from messages containing the words “Mikeyy” or “Stalkdaily.” It is recommended you use third-party Twitter desktop clients like Twhirl or TweetDeck (both PC and Mac) and that you do not use the Web-based version of Twitter, especially for viewing user profiles (as this is where the attack seems to originate).

Continue reading

Related posts:

1. Alert: W32 Koobface Worm now on Twitter I recently discovered a worm called W32 Koobface that was...
2. Alert: W32 Koobface Worm now on Twitter I recently discovered a worm called W32 Koobface that was...
3. Twitter Hacked!! Hackers have accessed the accounts of a series of celebrities...
4. Interesting ways to use Twitter Do you tweet while walking, working, sleeping, bathing, eating, running...
5. DDoS on Twitter, slower access to Facebook How does it feel a day without Twitter and Facebook?...