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Netcraft Unveils Anti-Phishing Services

January 5, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com) launched an anti-phishing service earlier this week in an effort to help financial institutions combat criminals and the Web hosting companies that host their fraudulent sites.

ThinkHost Extends Free Web Hosting

November 5, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider ThinkHost (thinkhost.com) announced on Friday that it has extended its free Web hosting offer for non-profit organizations.

Thinkhost Free Hosting For Non-Profits

September 24, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — ThinkHost (thinkhost.com), a New York based hosting company, said this week that it will give away hosting accounts, with a combined value of over $9,000, to progressive non-profit organizations.

Phishing Sites Average 54 Hour Life

August 16, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Anti-Phishing Work Group (antiphishing.org) reported that the average phishing Web site is online for 54 hours, while some have been able to stay online for more than two weeks before being abandoned or shut down, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com).

Phishing Impact Grows, MessageLabs Says

August 10, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — MessageLabs (messagelabs.com), a provider of managed email security services, said on Tuesday that the impact of phishing attacks is comparable and in some cases, has exceeded that of some viruses.

Weinreich Launches Political ASP

June 21, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Friendster founder Andrew Weinreich is launching I Stand For (istandfor.com), an application service provider for political candidates and membership groups. I Stand For is a one-stop Internet shop that has the tools to build a fully functional Web site that deploys the patented social networking technology that powers the popular Friendster and Six Degrees networking applications.

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.

Phishing Attacks on Rise Netcraft Says

Phishing attacks involve the mass distribution of “spoofed” or forged email messages with return addresses, links, and branding which appear to come from legitimate financial institutions but are designed to lead recipients towards fraudulent Web sites that attempt to trick them into divulging personal data such as account usernames, passwords, credit card numbers and social security numbers.

New Phishing Scams Using SSL

Phishing attacks involve the mass distribution of “spoofed” or forged email messages with return addresses, links, and branding which appear to come from banks, insurance agencies, retailers or credit card companies, but are designed to lead recipients towards fraudulent Web sites and trick them into disclosing sensitive personal data such as account usernames, passwords, credit card numbers and social security numbers.