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FBI Warns About Osama-Themed XSS Attacks The FBI has issued an alert about Osama bin Laden-themed XSS attacks through its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), however, the warning comes too late to have any significant impact.As any incident that attracts a lot of attention, Osama bin Laden's death was leveraged by scammers to infect users with malwa... 27 May 2011 12:42 GMT ImageShack Replaces Spam Images with Scam Warnings Popular image hosting service ImageShack has decided to fight spam by replacing abusive images detected on its servers with ones that alert users about scams.ImageShack is one of the largest free media hosting providers and is used by hundreds of thousands of websites. The service runs on some 450 Linux servers, orga... 14 February 2011 01:21 GMT Beware of Xbox Live Scam Message Various Xbox Live users report that a new scam message seems to be making the rounds and warn everyone using the service provided by Microsoft and all the owners of an Xbox 360 to be careful with the messages they receive.The new scam appears in the form of a message, from one of the people on your friends list, that... 5 August 2008 10:08 GMT