Phish Report Network announced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 15, 2005

Microsoft, eBay, PayPal and Visa join forces

Microsoft, eBay, PayPal and Visa have joined forces to form what is described as the internet's first global anti-phishing aggregation service, the Phish Report Network.

The Phish Report Network, which was announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, will collect and collate reports of phishing attacks.

Any company that finds itself the victim of phishing attacks (such as a bank or e-commerce company) can subscribe to the Network as a 'Sender' and report confirmed phishing sites to a central database of phishing reports.

Other companies can subscribe to the Phish Report Network as 'Receivers' to gain access to the database of known phishing sites. The information contained in the database allows Receivers to update their filters, blacklists and other systems so they can block known phishing sites in their software, email and browser services.

An alert service is also available, providing real-time notification of new phishing sites.

Companies pay a 'nominal annual network maintenance fee' to subscribe to the Network and can sign up straight away at www.phishreport.net.

Posted on 15 February 2005 by Virus Bulletin

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