Spammers are increasing their efforts as Easter approaches, with the percentage of messages rated as spam the highest since McColo was shut down.

The e-mail addresses and passwords for over 4,000 Comcast customers found their way on to document sharing site Scribd.com for over two months.

Twitter users have been subjected to attack from a phishing gang operating out of China looking to harvest usernames and passwords, according to reports.

In order to help combat the rise in phishing attacks across the web, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an educational game called Anti-Phishing Phil.