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Phishing scams are on the rise, almost doubling in the 1st half of 2006 when compared to the last six months of 2005. According to a Symantec report released a week ago, the number of scams grew by 81% and increasingly targeted the "weakest link" - home users. To get an idea of how fast this problem is proliferating, note that the Anti-Phishing Working Group reported a while ago that from Nov 2004 to Nov 2005, the number of phishing attacks doubled. Now, if you believe the Symantec report, it's almost doubled again in a mere six months. You can download the entire report here from the Symantec website.

Many of the search sites and social networking sites are becoming launch points for a variety of phishing exploits. Google recently had one discovered and reported by Eric Farraro on his blog. Perhaps as hackers find attacking Microsoft platforms passe, they're moving on to new technology giants on the landscape like eBay, MySpace and Google. Well, fame and fortune has its price...

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