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Thursday April 14, 2005 8:44 am
Blog Phishing Scam
There’s a new phishing technique in use out there which involves blogs set up to steal information. Criminals are using blogs loaded with keylogging software or viruses to gather data on their victims. Dan Hubbard, research director of Websense, a filtering firm, says “The success of these attacks relies upon a certain level of social engineering to persuade the individual to click on the link.” With more than 8 million blogs out there, be careful. Keep your antivirus software up to date and scan for spyware regularly.
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Now you can fight back against these Phishers. Just enter the Phishers URL in http://www.PhishFighting.com and watch as 100’s or 1000’s of fake entries are continuously sent to the Phishers website. They won’t be able to distinguash between real entries and the fake ones. Join the fight against Phishers.
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