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Brazilian Phishing Scam Targets MasterCard Reward Program Security researchers warn of a new phishing attack that targets Brazilian credit card owners by spoofing emails from MasterCard's Surpreenda (surprise) program.The new campaign was spotted by spam analysts from Commtouch, who note that unlike classic phishing schemes where users are threatened into exposing thei...	19 January 2011 13:11 GMT

Facebook Features Abused to Hide Location of Phishing URLs Researchers from security vendor Websense warn that Facebook's features are abused by attackers to craft believable email phishing attacks that target its own users.The fake emails purport to come from the Facebook Security team and warn users that their accounts will be deactivated because of abusive actions."Y...	30 November 2010 10:28 GMT

New Phishing Attack Targets MobileMe Users Security researchers from GFI Sunbelt warn of new phishing emails targeting MobileMe users, which direct users to a fake Apple Store website and attempt to trick them into exposing their credit card information.The fake emails feature the MobileMe logo, an Apple copyright notice and pose as subscription renewal notif...	27 October 2010 08:35 GMT

Less Phishing Spam Registered This Year Security experts analyzing mail traffic are reporting a significant decline in phishing-related e-mails during the first half of 2009. The drop suggests that this type of activity has become less profitable for cybercrooks, who now prefer other approaches, such as information stealing trojans.According to spam analys...	27 August 2009 08:01 GMT

.Mac Phishing Email Doing the Rounds Sources are reporting that a convincing-looking phishing email containing a picture of the .Mac "world" logo, "very much in Apple's style," is circling the web. Users of Apple's web service who've recently moved to MobileMe should take caution when opening and using links provided in suspicious emails....	14 July 2008 06:29 GMT

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