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Google's anti-phishing tech coming to Firefox browser
Posted on Mar 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Ars Technica is reporting that Google is going to release a free anti-phishing tool. If it works, and is given the resources needed to stay up to date, this could be a boon for consumers. Those that use the Firefox browser, however, not Internet Explorer.
Safe Browsing helps to prevent phishing scams through the use of both a blacklist of known bad sites and automated technologies that make their best guess about a site's intentions. Such a tool could be a big help to novice users, especially, as phishing attacks continue to grow in both numbers and in sophistication. The Anti-Phishing Working Group estimates that 1700 phishing sites were active in December 2004. One year later, that number rose to more than 7000. While technically savvy users are unlikely to be taken in by an e-mail that directs them to www.g00gle.com, many casual users of the 'Net are less discriminating.
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