One way to measure the success of a Web service is by the number of attempted attacks it suffers. Hotmail, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and other services are attacks every minute.
Who can be “proud” of being on this list now, is Instagram. The social network affiliated with Facebook has suffered attacks that consist of publishing images of fruit accompanied by changes in the profile data of users.
O Instagram has more than 130 million users and statistics, at least 30 thousand of them were infected by the malware. Once again the services to shorten URLs had their negative role, this time bit.ly was used, which made the users had no idea of the site where the URL addressed them.
As if the publication of the fruit images was not enough, the virus also modifies the users' biography, inserting a URL for a fake BBC news item with the title “Tropical fruit burns 17 pounds in 22 days. Exclusive offer for readers".
Therefore, if your profile shows a shortened URL from the https://bitly.com/, go to the website and try to “shorten” the URL before opening it.
[Via]: Giga OM
