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According to a new report from Symantec, phishing attack rose sharply and the spam email declined at its lowest level since 2008. As of Sept 2010, phishing accounts 89.4% of all emails, down from 92.5% in August. However, the phishing attempt increased by 52% compared to the month before. Meanwhile, the number of phishing websites, generated by automatic toolkits, increased by 46%, unique URLs increased by 83% and phishing websites with all-numeric IP domains -- such as https://255.255.255.255 went up approximately by 35%.

LONDON - A research has found that social networking sites are a guilty pleasure shared by astonishingly high numbers of 'silver surfers'.