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Intelligent System Hunts Out Malware Hidden In Shortened URLs

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-for-the-rest dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Computer scientists at a group of UK universities are developing a system to detect malicious code in shortened URLs on Twitter. The intelligent system will be stress-tested during the European Football Championships next summer, on the basis that attackers typically disguise links to malicious servers in a tweet about an exciting part of an event to take advantage of the hype.

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  1. but by rossdee · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it cant do anything about malware in long URLs

  2. Goat by penguinoid · · Score: 2

    Check out this super cute goat picture.

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  3. Re:Browsers... by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 2

    For TinyURL, you can enable preview of the full URL here. Uses a cookie, though.

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  4. As a rule... I don't clink on shortened URLs by QuietLagoon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    You never know what evil lurks within.

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    What would be nice would be the ability to add an "expand" parameter at the end of the shortened URL and, instead of the redirect, have the shortened URL's hosting server show (only show) a clickable full URL.