Keep your spam off of my Twitter | Modern Media Mom. “TrueTwit is a free site that will attempt to authenticate all followers who request to follow you….”

WARNING: Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages. “We have received multiple reports that a new, convincing, and dangerous worm and phishing scam is making the rounds on Twitter. Hacked accounts are sending DMs to users and stealing their login information….”

Don’t Watch This: Newest Twitter Worm “Best Video” Is Spreading. “Warning: It appears that a worm has hit Twitter-the tweet will say “Best Video” with a link to “http://juste.ru.” If you see this in a tweet, do not click on the link….”

Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter – in real time | Zero Day | ZDNet.com. “Spammers are no strangers to the ever-growing Twitter. From commercial Twitter spamming tools, to re-tweeting trending topics for delivering their message, a new crafty search technique can provide spammers with fresh and valid emails harvested from Twitter’s users in real-time….”

IMPORTANT. Twitter “Porn Names” scam. Don’t share yours. – The Next Web. “This may be the cleverest/silliest Twitter scam yet. High up on Twitters current ‘trending’ topics list is #TwitterPornNames and as PCWorld points out, “what larger hole to patch than that of human error itself….”

BBC NEWS | Technology | Twitter all clear after worm wave. “Twitter has been given the all clear after a worm infected “tens of thousands of users”. But experts say the attack could have been much worse….”