Security firm Sophos advises all users to upgrade to iTunes 10 despite the wide number of scams you’re likely to come across. The new iTunes contains 13 vulnerability fixes for the WebKit components used to display the previous version of the iTunes’ user interface, according to Sophos. But, Sophos warns, with the newest iTunes 10 come cautions.
Spam and Scam Hunting
Taking a look at the artist page for singer/songwriter Katy Perry, it didn’t take long to find spam links promising free iPhones in the comments sections of several posts. There were also complaints about spam under many of Perry’s other posts, but to Apple’s credit it appears many spamming accounts have already been suspended. Other artist pages had similar spamming problems.
Ping’s Misplaced Filtering Priorities
If you find comment spam on Ping, you can report it by clicking on “Report” next to the “Show more comments/Hide comments” link on every Ping post.
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