Cyberattacks' aftershocks hit the Web - InternetNews.com

Twitter and Facebook have since bounced back from the the spam and the denial-of-service storm that hit them late last week, but the aftereffects continue to be felt across the Internet.

Malware purveyors began exploiting Friday's attack the same day it began. Initially, the denial-of-service and spam assault targeted one person, Facebook said. The intended victim was a Georgian anti-Russian dissident who goes by the name of "Cyxymu", and malware developers placed malicious links related to his name on search engines, using black hat SEO...