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• Spear Phishers Hunting PR Firms and Lawyers, Says FBI FBI adds that fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software by using various techniques.
• Twitter Warns of New Phishing Scam Scam is spreading through direct messages, which send users to a fake log-in page.
• Phishers Dangle Some Brand-New Bait Just when you thought it was safe to shop or bank online, criminals have invented new ways to steal your personal information.
• Phishing Bust Spotlights Online Dangers Analysis: The feds squashed a big scam last week, but the action highlights the huge problem with phishers.
• Operation Phish Phry Hooks 100 in U.S. and Egypt More than 50 people in Southern California, Las Vegas, and Charlotte, N.C., were indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles for scheming to steal bank account info.
• Operation Phish Phry Nets 100 Suspects Authorities are rounding up 100 suspects indicted in connection with a two-year investigation dubbed "Operation Phish Phry."
• Stolen Hotmail Passwords Show that Crooks like Webmail Tips for staying secure after hotmail (and possibly gmail and yahoo) accounts were publicly exposed.
• Hotmail Accounts Breached by Suspected Phishing Attack More than 10,000 compromised Hotmail accounts were posted online this morning by attackers to demonstrate their success in capturing the sensitive information
• Registrars Ignore Domain-Name Abuse Domain names are a key part of botnet and phishing operations, and cyber-criminals are plundering domain-name registrars around the world to get them.
• Feel Less Hassled? Phishing Drop Reported Phishing attacks fell by 45% in August, security firm says.
• iPhone Anti-Fraud Feature: Go Phish! Researcher deems that iPhone's newest defense is inconsistent at best; others characterized it as worse than no defense at all.
• Savvy PC Users Spook Phishers Computer users as a whole have become more savvy and are better able to recognize phony web sites when they encounter them.
• IE 8 Beats Competition in Microsoft-sponsored Security Tests - UPDATED In tests performed by NSS Labs, IE 8 blocked more sites with malicious downloads than other browsers.
• Social Network Phishing Attacks Businesses Cyberattacks via fraud are making inroads in social networks, snagging businesses as well as consumers, report says.
• Twitter Gains Upper Hand on Latest Scam An apparent phishing scam moving through Twitter this week appears to have been halted -- but not before numerous users were duped into exposing their information.
• Don't Get Tricked by Fake Microsoft Update E-Mails I've received several phishing e-mails that look surprisingly authentic and professional.
• Hacker Hijacks Millions of Cligs URLs Most links using the Cli.gs link-shortening service were changed to point to a blog site instead of their original destination.
• I Surf Unprotected In my experience, common sense and alert surfing are more valuable than antivirus bloatware.
• Twitter Gets Targeted Again by Worm-like Phishing Attack Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts.
• Latest Facebook Phishers are Out for Profit The identity thieves who tried to trick Facebook users out of their passwords are then hacking into bank accounts.
• Facebook Slammed with Another Phishing Attack The latest poorly-presented phishing scam steals passwords and possibly identities -- avoid with common sense.
• Phishers Target Facebook Again Scam tries to steal passwords by getting Facebook users to enter their log-in credentials at a fraudulent site.
• Firefox Addon Fights Social Network Phishes Scammers are abusing services like TinyURL to hide phishing links in social network attacks, but a free Firefox addon can help you spot them.
• Security Software: Protection or Extortion? Two PC World contributors square off to debate the necessity or nuisance of antimalware apps.
• Fight Phishers With Comodo VerificationEngine This freebie activates color-coded borders in your browser to tell you whether the site you're on is the real deal--or whether it's a phishing site.