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Twitter Gets Hacked, Badly
Source: TechCrunch

Phishing attacks, which hit Twitter over the weekend, are a sign a service has arrived (Facebook has the same problem).

Fighting phishing with eBay and PayPal
Source: Official Gmail Blog

Phishing messages are a form of spam that attempt to deceive recipients to gain access to their personal information. A classic one is a message that appears to come from PayPal and attempts to get someone's PayPal password in order to drain his or her account.

Tired with phising - let's strike back

Is it just me, or are you others tired with criminals. Like there was not already enough spam, I get almost everyday a phising post.

IMF warns of fake e-mails using its name
Source: Reuters

The International Monetary Fund on Friday warned of a jump in the number of fraudulent e-mails and communications claiming to be from or affiliated with the Washington-based multilateral lender.

Scamming the Nigerian Scammer
Source: The Age

The tables have been turned on at least one Nigerian scammer after an online vigilante successfully played him at his own game with an intricately laid "anti-scam" operation.

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