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No Big Surprise: Phisher Stole Thousands of Identities … to Support Meth Habit

As is so often the case, what appears to be an evil mastermind plot really turns out to be a petty criminal looking to support their drug habit. This is as true of phishers as it is of the armed muggers of yore. Interestingly, GE Capital helped to make the identity and financial account theft easy enough for even the most strung-out druggie to accomplish.

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Facebook Apps Gone Wild – Rampaging Phishing Facebook Applications Stealing Usernames and Passwords

A plague of rogue Facebook applications that are stealing user credentials – such as usernames and passwords – has been sweeping Facebook in the past week. The phishing Facebook apps work the same way that many other applications do – including sending an email to your Facebook friends, with links to click on, and when you type in your username and password, BAM! Your login credentials have been stolen.

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Phishers Turn to SMS with Text Message Phishing

Not content with tricking victims into giving up private identity information via email, phishers are increasingly turning to text messaging to scam account numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers, and more from their targets.