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Indian Orkut accounts compromised for phishing

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Friday, July 10, 2009
15 years ago2,219 views

http://www.spamfighter.com/News-12663-Indian-Orkut-Accounts-Compromised-For-Phishing.htm

"According to McAfee Avert Labs, as Web 2.0-based social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace increase in popularity, their users too are increasingly proving as convenient attack points for identity scams and other online frauds. Recently, hackers, online scammers and other cyber-criminals have been using Twitter as well to phish off private data from Web surfers.

Aside these websites, another social networking site that cyber-criminals prefer to use is Orkut, which probably represents the most widely visited and popular social networking site across the Indian sub-continent. As a matter of fact, reports state that over 15% of Orkut traffic flows from India.
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