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phish·ing /ˈfiSHiNG/ Noun: The fraudulent practice of sending e-mails purporting to be from legitimate companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as credit-card numbers, online.   More »   Seriously, if you guys want to stay safe online, do not respond to any suspicious emails, messages, or anything of the sort online. Do not give out your personal information either. Your information is what the people behind the phishing attacks want. They want to steal your identity pretty much over Xbox Live. Wow, never thought I would say that.      Get a life hackers, stop ruining other people's lives just because you can.       What? Modern Warfare 2 phishing attacks on Xbox Live Users. What is this world coming to? Is there no way to be safe online. First the Playstation Network is hacked (not to mention millions of users information could be at risk) and taken down for over a week now and ...

      Most of you hardcore Playstation gamers know that the online component, PSN, is down due to "an external intrusion" says a Playstation Official in a Blog post yesterday. This ongoing issue really scares the crap out of me. I personally do not want to ever get hacked, but when I look at this situation and see that someone was actually able to hack into something as dynamic as the Playstation Network (Holy s*%#) it scares me even more because my information is easier to gain access to than the PSN. So today I am going to share with you one simple tip you can use to keep your valuable accounts from being hacked by hackers.       Change your passwords often. Seriously, you should change your password frequently because if someone gets their hands on your log-in information, you should be fine because the password they have might not be valid anymore. Trust me it is worth the hassle of changing your passwords often in exchange for your acc...