Phishers Target Facebook Again

Phishers Target Facebook Again - PC WorldA number of phishing attacks that have struck Facebook users in the past two days have put the social networking site

and its users on the defense.

Phishing attacks that try to get Facebook users to enter their log-in credentials at a fraudulent site in order to steal them have plagued users for the past two days, with phishing traced back to FBstarter.com, BAction.net and possibly others The viral phishing infection spreads via Facebook contact lists of victims.(Read more about security issues involving social networks)

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