Link Shortening News

technology2 years ago•1 min saved

X/Twitter Suffers Major Outage, Breaking All Outgoing Links

X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, experienced a 45-minute outage where links posted to the platform were not working. The site's link-shortening service, t.co, returned error messages when clicked on. Musk has previously expressed his dislike for links on X, as they drive people off the platform, and the company's algorithm deprioritizes them. This is not the first technical issue X/Twitter has faced, with previous problems including spontaneous logouts and blocking access to non-registered users.

via Variety|

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cybersecurity2 years ago•4 min saved

Prolific Puma: Uncovering a Massive Cybercrime URL Shortening Service

Security researchers have uncovered a massive cybercrime operation involving a link shortening service provided by an actor known as Prolific Puma. Prolific Puma has registered thousands of domains, primarily on the US top-level domain, to facilitate the delivery of phishing, scams, and malware. The researchers observed that the short links led to various landing pages, including phishing and scam sites. The operation is believed to involve multiple actors, and evidence suggests that text messages are the main channel for distributing the malicious links. Prolific Puma has registered up to 75,000 unique domain names since April 2022, with the majority of domains created on the usTLD. The actor uses private registration protection for some of the domains, which is not permitted in the .US namespace. The researchers have provided indicators of Prolific Puma activity, including hosting IP addresses, domains, and email addresses found in domain registration data.

via BleepingComputer|

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