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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Chilling Tales From the E-mail Crypt
Trojan Horse Empties Bank Accounts
FBI Forgery
White House Adopts Spammer Tactics
Hotmail Phishing
Startup Suicide
Judge Orders Gmail Account Deactivated
Payroll Panic
U.K. Tax Terror
Death, Taxes and Phish
University Fake-Out

By Mel Duvall

Forget about vampires, ghouls and zombies. You were much more likely to receive a fright this year from something lurking in your e-mail.

Just in time for Halloween, security software vendor Proofpoint has come up with a list of the Top 10 Terrifying E-mail Blunders of 2009. There were the usual crop of Trojan horses and phishing expeditions, but as the surprising list points out, some of the scares go all the way up to White House and the FBI.

In no particular order, here are the top 10 according to Proofpoint.



 
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