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Spam fighters
Mac Central - Spamfire also includes a revenge feature that lets you report spam and phishing schemes to SpamCrime (a Web-based service where you can report spam), the spammer s ISP, the Federal Trade Commission, PayPal, and eBay (you can add additional

ID theft a factor in tax filing
Baltimore Sun - Update security programs on your computer to protect against viruses or spyware that tracks what you’re doing. Beware of so-called phishing schemes, where thieves send e-mail pretending to be the IRS. The IRS doesn’t conduct electronic audits and

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MIT researchers attack wireless shortcomings, phishing
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VM Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?
eWeek - The group used the prototype rootkits to develop four malicious services a phishing Web server, a keystroke logger, a service that scans the target file system for sensitive information and a defense countermeasure to defeat existing VM-detection

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