[pchelpers] News:FaceTime Security Researchers Expose ''Do-it-Yourself'' Phishing Generator for Hacking Web Mail and Social Networking Sites

Monday January 28, 11:32 am ET 

Social Networking is a Growing Security and Productivity Concern among
IT Managers

BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at FaceTime Security Labs
have discovered and reported a hacking Web site offering automatically
generated text for use in creating phishing emails to steal login
details for popular Web mail and social networking sites. A drop-down
menu on the site offered phishing email options for Hotmail, Yahoo,
MySpace, Orkut, Facebook and hi5. FaceTime researchers immediately
reported the finding to the site’s hosting provider, who disabled access
to the site - www.hothackerclub.com - on Friday, Jan. 25.

More here:
http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/bw/080128/20080128005908.html?.v=1
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