Phishing help for Yahoo! users

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 24, 2006

As phishing nets spread wider, Yahoo! announces defensive 'seal'.

Web giant Yahoo! has announced plans to introduce a new anti-phishing system to help protect its customers. The seal is a customizable personal logo, which will be included in login screens to help identify genuine Yahoo! sites. The seal system, currently available to a limited user base, relies on cookies, so is limited to a single machine and will be destroyed every time the cookies are cleared. Future plans include making the technology more durable.

'Yahoo!'s efforts address an ever-growing problem,' said John Hawes, Technical Consultant at Virus Bulletin. 'In recent weeks, warnings about phishing scams have been issued by US Universities, insurance companies and the IRS, by Irish and Australian banks, and by the charity group Christian Aid. It seems anywhere money changes hands can be a target for these increasingly sophisticated and unscrupulous crooks.'

Meanwhile Facternet, a provider of free web space, has decided to shut down two major hosting services, citing the proliferation of users setting up phishing sites on their servers (read more here).

Read more about Yahoo!'s seal system at Yahoo! news, and check out the seal design page here.

Posted on 24 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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