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• Fake Yahoo site phishes for identities

  A Web site designed to look like an official Yahoo service offering free games, but is most likely designed to facilitate ID theft, has been discovered by Internet security firm Trend Micro.

• IM worm speaks your language

  A new MSN Messenger worm often talks to people in their own tongue as it hunts for new victims, security experts have warned.

• Kelvir worm infects multiple IM systems

  The latest Kelvir worm variant has started spreading over multiple Instant Messenger applications. The latest attack has been successful, according to antivirus firm Kaspersky, because of its ability to manipulate PHP links.

• Kelvir attack forces Reuters IM offline

  Reuters has shut down its instant messaging system after suffering an onslaught from a new Kelvir worm, the company confirmed on Thursday.

• IM threats rise sharply, report confirms

  New research finds that IM-borne security threats have increased dramatically in volume since the start of 2005.

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• Does IM stand for insecure messaging?

  Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.

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