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New clickjacking worm hits Facebook

Another clickjacking scam has hit Facebook, tricking hundreds of thousands of users to post messages to their pages saying that they like the malicious link, security firm Sophos said on Tuesday. Like most of these scams, this one relies on social engineering and piques the interest of prospective victims with messages like:

Worm spreading via Yahoo Messenger

A worm is spreading via Yahoo Instant Messenger Thursday that tricks people into downloading what they think is a photo from a friend but is instead malware that installs a backdoor Windows system and spreads to a victim's IM contacts.

Ripe For The Plucking: RIM Details Two New BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NSDQ:RIMM) on Monday said it will unveil a pair of the new smartphones that offer new spins on old favorites. The Waterloo, Ontario smartphone maker on Monday revealed the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, updates on the originals that have been available for the past few years.

Xobni now available for Outlook Beta 2010

Xobni, one of the original and still the best social networking plugin for Microsoft Outlook.

Google Password System Attacked

When Google (GOOG) announced in January that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, the company didn't reveal the extent of the damage. Now it appears that Google's password system, which protects email accounts and business applications, was compromised in the attack, according to reports in The New York Times and elsewhere.