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Phishing Scam Spreading Through Twitter Direct Messages
Users of the social networking website Twitter have yet another virus to fear. According to these latest reports, there is a new worm related to a phishing scam floating around Twitter and it’s using...
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Google Accounts Attacked by Phishing Scam
Google’s Gmail has become the target of an industry-wide phishing scam. Phishing is when hackers create fake websites in an attempt to get voluntary information like e-mail or bank account passwords....
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100 Hackers Arrested in Identity Theft Ring
Nearly 100 people were charged with aiding a national identity theft ring that attacked thousands of bank accounts and stole millions of dollars. An indictment released Wednesday charged 50 people in...
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Chinese Phishing Scheme Behind Latest Twitter Hacking Event
This past weekend Twitter users were subjected to a Chinese phishing scheme that stole many users Twitter login credentials. Apparently, the hackers used GroupTweet, so humorous links began appearing...
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Facebook Phishing Scam–Your Private Information Can be the Catch of the Day
When you find yourself attempting to cheat while playing Mafia Wars on Facebook, take that as a sign that you’re taking the moral of the game a bit too seriously. Nevertheless, for those less than...
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Your Facebook Login Information Might Be on Sale for Under 50¢
According to Verisign’s iDefense, Kirllos, a hacker from Russia is selling Facebook login information for either $25 or $45 per 1,000 acounts (less if the accounts have less than 10 friends). So far he...
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American Airmen Break Protocol to Meet Megan Fox
If you were given the chance to be an extra in the next Transformers movie and meet Megan Fox, would you do it? American airmen fell subject to an internally organized phishing scam in the form of a...
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Tabnabbing: a New Type of Phishing Attack
A new method of phishing has just surfaced that is a lot trickier to identify than a regular phishing scheme. It’s called tabnabbing, and the way it works is by tricking the user through opening a new...
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