Slimy Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 3Sharp Study finds Internet Explorer 7 Edges Out Netcraft As Most Accurate for Anti-Phishing Protection Six Week Study Tested Eight Products to Determine Best Overall Anti-Phishing Accuracy including EarthLink, eBay, GeoTrust, Google using Firefox, McAfee, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Netcraft, and Netscape Redmond, WA (September 27, 2006)- 3Sharp LLC, a privately held technical services firm with offices in Redmond and Toledo, Ohio, today released the results of the most extensive public testing to date on the effectiveness of different Web browser and toolbar-based anti-phishing technologies. The rising tide of identity theft through fraudulent websites is becoming a key concern among consumers, and is resulting in increased focus on anti-phishing technologies from large vendors. In fact, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), a global industry group focused on eliminating identity theft through spoofed e-mail, recently reported the number of phishing sites is growing as much as 400% a year. Paul Robichaux, senior partner at 3Sharp, has more than 20 years' experience as a software developer, messaging architect, and system administrator. "Over the last few years", he points out, "phishing has become a much bigger problem. Phishers have become more sophisticated-and brazen-in their attacks, and they're getting better at fooling people." Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trong Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Well duh, it's the greatest browser of all time! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Well duh, it's the greatest browser of all time! :p i take it your joking? but anyways, good to see MS doing something right in the web market for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trong Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 i take it your joking? but anyways, good to see MS doing something right in the web market for once. I wouldn't say it's the greatest but I've been using it as my main browser for forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted October 3, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 3, 2006 Quite surprising, considering the bad rep IE has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomi Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Surprise surprise. I'm glad they're at least good for something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagamer34 Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 As far as I know, the Firefox 2.0 pre-releases aren't focusing on anti-phising accuracy as much as making sure that they underlying code is solid. A better phishing list from Google is supposed to be worked on later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Thats good for them. I like the browser and it is good that they are going in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted October 3, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 3, 2006 sounds good, improvement is always good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ark Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekerob Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Don't know if a company is willing to risk its reputation on 'biasing' the report, but did pick up that MSFT paid for the study, like so many studies they pay for and publish under the cloak of 'see how save we are'. I prefer my safety to be checked by software of real independents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 LOL @ this news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grik Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Hackers and Crackers and Phishers, will alawys react to IE counter measures or anything that is developed by MS. So they will make tools that all IE?s wont detect the phishing, it is a question of time... but, nice work IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted October 3, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 3, 2006 Way to go Microsoft. Chalk another one up for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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