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Cyber criminals are expanding their rapidly growing online business by embedding malicious software, or malware, in Twitter messages known as tweets, reports CNN, citing a security firm in Spain which argues that the malware is put in links of tweets on popular subjects like sports, popular tv programmes or breaking news. Sean-Paul Correll of Panda Security, an anti-virus company monitoring Twitter traffic, says the malware is linked to organized cyber criminals. Cyber crime is estimated to cost consumers and companies $100 billion world-wide and is increasingly sophisticated.