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Title	EarthLink redirect service poses security risk, expert says
Type	News
Source	IDG News Service 04/20/2008
Summary	A vulnerability in servers used by EarthLink to handle mistyped Web page requests may have allowed attackers to launch undetectable phishing attacks against any Internet site, according to a noted Internet security researcher. continue

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