Sites represent a growing movement to fight back against growing security problem
InfoWorld
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
March 27, 2006
Security vendors are launching two Web sites aimed at helping people report and avoid phishing attacks. The Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination Squad (PIRT) is as a volunteer effort designed to take down phishing sites; CipherTrust’s PhishRegistry.org site, due to be launched Tuesday, will be a service designed to warn legitimate Web sites when they are being spoofed by phishers.
Last week, Microsoft pledged to bring about 100 legal actions against phishers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the next few months. Organizations such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group and Digital PhishNet already have been formed to combat this growing problem.
Better Website Identification and Extended Validation Certificates in IE7 and Other Browsers.
IEBlog
Berkeley researchers propose a Mozilla extension to stop phishing. (pdf)
MIT spam conference focuses on phishing.
By Cara Garretson
NetworkWorld.com
03/29/06
