Study: Phishers Target Specific TLDs

November 25, 2008 -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group, an organization that tracks and attempts to reduce phishing scams, has released the results of a new study which reveals that phishers are increasingly focusing their efforts within top-level domains.

The Planet Powers The Sant Apps

September 22, 2008 -- Web hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday that The Sant Corporation has selected Planet Northstar Managed Hosting to run its mission-critical applications.

The Planet Joins Anti-Phishing Group

September 17, 2008 -- Web hosting provider The Planet announced on Wednesday it has joined the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry association focused on eliminating online identity theft and fraud.

How Effective will Extended Validation SSL Be?

Posted on 2007-02-28

An article posted on the PC World Web site this week pointed to the explosion in phishing sites last year, and examined the potential phishing threat now and in the future.

TippingPoint Researches Phishing

October 10, 2006 -- Intrusion prevention provider TippingPoint announced on Monday it has developed an open-source phishing research tool, Monkeyspaw, that checks Web sites for legitimacy and reports fraudulent sites.

Digital Envoy Joins Anti-Phishing Group

February 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Digital Envoy (digitalenvoy.net), a provider of IP solutions, announced this week that it has become a corporate sponsor of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org), an industry association dedicated to the elimination of identity theft and fraud related to phishing scams.

Vircom Offers Phishing Warnings

January 19, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Email management solution developer Vircom Inc. (vircom.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released a white paper titled Scam Prevention Guide - How to recognize a phish when you see one. The document, the second volume in its series on exposing email-borne fraud, offers an explanation on the origin of phishing attacks and advice on how to avoid them.

Panda Software Joins APWG

January 14, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Antivirus solution provider Panda Software (pandasoftware.com) announced Thursday that it has become a corporate sponsor of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an association made up of IT security representatives aiming to combat phishing scams.

APWG Supports Email Authentication Plan

November 10, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org) announced on Tuesday its support for a global email authentication strategy that would initiate the development of technologies for Internet-protocol validation and digital signatures for message authentication to combat and finally abolish spam and phishing attacks.

Go Daddy Protects Email from Phishing

November 9, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy (godaddy.com), a member of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, announced on Monday an enhancement to the company's email system that it says will identify and automatically eliminate phishing attempts at the server level.

Teros Appoints VP of Marketing

November 5, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Teros (teros.com), a developer of application security solutions, announced on Thursday that it has appointed David Jevans as senior vice president of marketing. Jevans will be responsible for all marketing functions at Teros, including corporate positioning, product branding and public relations.

Goodmail Debuts Anti-Fraud Product

September 24, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Goodmail Systems ( goodmail.com), developer of the email stamping solution Trusted-Class Email, announced on Wednesday that it had added Anti-Fraud Domain Accreditation to its Trusted-Class Email platform, in order to prevents the use of misleading domains for phishing attacks.

Go Daddy Joins Anti-Phishing Group

August 18, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Go Daddy Group, parent company of domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy (godaddy.com), announced on Wednesday that it has joined the Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org), an organization focused on eliminating identity theft and fraud that result from phishing and email spoofing.

Phishing Scams On Rise, Netcraft Says

May 26, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com) that cites data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org), April saw yet another surge in phishing scams with 1,125 unique schemes being perpetrated, up 180 percent from March's total of 402 scams. The total is the highest ever recorded and according to the report, is 4000 percent higher than the November 2003 tally of 28.

Under the Hood at NASCAR

April 2005