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Three Men Arrested for Phishing After Sears Investigation – IT Business Edge

Help your users understand what to do if their personal information has been compromised. According to Computerworld , three men have been arrested for phishing after an investigation discovered that they were spamming victims to obtain credit card numbers …
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iTunes Users Victims of PayPal Phishing Scam – IT Business Edge

Numerous iTunes users have reported being victims of a scam that charges them thousands of dollars through PayPal, reports AppleInsider . John Paczkowski of Digital Daily says the scam is actually a phishing attack …
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Novel Phishing Attack Targets Firefox – IT Business Edge

Mozilla’s Aza Raskin has described a unique phishing attack that Firefox engineers will need to correct. InformationWeek reports that Raskin has dubbed the attack “tabnapping” because malicious JavaScript code can alter tabs when they are hidden from …
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Computer-security event seeks to spur int’l talks – EDGE Boston

As governments around the world amass armies of hackers to protect their countries’ computer networks and possibly attack others, the idea of getting officials together to discuss shared threats such as cybercrime is challenging. “You just don’t …
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