Shortened URLs, a service on many sites that turns lengthy Web addresses into shorter URLs, is rapidly becoming a popular way for spammers to reach unsuspecting readers. New analysis from Symantec’s ...

One of the more popular online services is the URL shortener, such as TinyURL. But what’s behind that shortened link? For spammers, these services act as a new tool to bait unsuspecting visitors, and ...

Concerns raised in April about the security implications of Web link shortening services have proven to be well-founded: The presence of shortened URLs in spam messages has surged in the past week.

Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S. government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for work-at-home scams. Security researchers from ...