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PayPal Users Beware of Holiday Phishing Scam The holiday shopping season means more people making more online purchases--a prime opportunity for phishing scams to exploit the less security savvy shoppers. - Tony Bradley, PCWorld More Security Alerts Massive Mac OS X Update Shatters Illusion of Security Apple unleashed a fix for Mac OS X fixing a record 134 vulnerabilities and illustrating that the Mac OS is not invulnerable despite the common misperception. Share: Zombie Virus Infecting Phones in China Costs You $300,000 a Day Over a million mobile phones in China have been infected by a zombie spamming virus, which sends countless spam text messages without the phone owner knowing. Share: Phishing Attack Targets Merchant Accounts A new phishing scam targets merchant services provider Global Payments and could lead to customer credit information being compromised. 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