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Targeted: Twitter Hit with Phishing Attack

Twitter, the popular microblogging site, has become the latest target of phishers. The company is warning its members to be careful of messages that redirect them to spoofed Twitter sites in an attempt to steal their user names and passwords.

"This particular scam sent out e-mails resembling those you might receive from Twitter if you get e-mail notifications of your Direct Messages. The e-mail says something like, 'hey! check out this funny blog about you ...' and provides a link," the company said.

Twitter went on to explain that the link redirects users to a site masquerading as the Twitter front page. Twitter advised its members to look closely at the URL field to see if it has another domain besides Twitter, but looks exactly like the microblogging home page. That, the company said, indicates a fraud.

If You Get Twicked

E-mail, cell phones, Facebook and now Twitter all have something in common: They are being used by fraudsters for phishing attacks, observed Marian Merritt, Symantec's Internet safety advocate.

"The scam messages, just like the phishing e-mails and Facebook phishing attacks, seem to come from someone you know and appear to be personal," Merritt wrote in the Norton blog.

For members who have clicked the link and given up their Twitter password to the phishers, the company said it is possible for the phisher to send out direct messages on your behalf that could trick your followers. In those cases, Twitter said users should proactively reset the passwords of their accounts.

"If you find yourself unable to log in to your account with your user name and password, please use the reset password link to regain access. This will send an e-mail to the address associated with your account, and you'll be able to create a new password," the company advised.

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China Says Google and Baidu Push Vulgar Content

China is moving to rein in Web sites it deems inappropriate. The Communist nation has targeted Google and Baidu, the two dominant search engines there. The charge is spreading pornography and vulgarity.

China's Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies launched the campaign on Monday.

The government "decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the Internet and named and exposed a large number of violating public morality and harming the physical and mental health of youth and young people," said a report on state television.

Low-Class, Crude and Damaging

China's government identified 19 Internet operators and Web sites that had not made moves to remove "vulgar" content. These operators and Web sites also allegedly failed to heed warnings from censors, according to the television report.

"Some Web sites have exploited loopholes in laws and regulations," said Cai Mingzhao, a deputy chief of the State Council Information Office. "They have used all kinds of ways to distribute content that is low-class, crude and even vulgar, gravely damaging mores on the Internet."

Repeat violators, as well as those that have a "malign influence," might be exposed, punished or even shut down, according to China.com.cn, one of the nation's official news Web sites. On Monday, the Financial Times reported that the Chinese government is arming censors with more advanced filtering software to catch the banned content.

Same Old Threats

According to Leslie Harris, CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, China is trying to flex its muscles. However, she said, if China is seriously concerned about vulgar content -- and if it is illegal -- then the government ought to take its complaint to Internet service providers.

"This is just a threat, and I think it's the same old-same old dressed up in rhetoric that is more internationally acceptable," Harris said....

Palm To Launch Nova OS, and Maybe a Smartphone

Palm's next-generation Nova operating system has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be released this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Also rumored is one more surprise -- a new smartphone using Nova.

Although the rumor of a new phone has been swirling since last month, it's expected to debut at CES on Thursday.

Jon Rubinstein, Palm's executive chairman, told Business Week that the company will launch a product that bridges Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices and Apple's iPhone. Rubinstein worked for Apple for nearly a decade.