The much loved and ever present Twitter social networking platform has again been hit by a scam in the form of a seemingly innocent ploy of a “Best Video” link that led gullible users to a site that downloaded a PDF file that was loaded with malware, loaded with exploits getting people’s computers infected yet again. The web site downloaded exploits in what seems to be a drive-by move by a worm that redirected people towards a seemingly legit site. The so-called TwitterCut site informed them of an infection and re-directed them onto another page where they were presented with page after page of warnings that said they were infected with some malware, in actuality, they were being pre-loaded with malware that resulted in thousands of affected users of the popular social networking site. (more…)