[pchelpers] News:PayPal, eBay and Yahoo! join forces to fight phishing scams

5 October 2007 

Phishing scams claiming to be from PayPal and eBay are being targeted by
a new secure email service launched today. PayPal, the online payments
provider and eBay have announced a collaborative effort with Yahoo! to
use the firm's anti-phishing technology.

The partnership sees the firms instigating a new email authentication,
DomainKeys,. The technology safety upgrade will be rolled out globally
over the next several weeks to all users of Yahoo! Mail. 

Michael Barrett, Chief Information Security Officer at PayPal comments:
“PayPal and eBay’s and adoption of email authentication technology and
this aggressive move on the part of Yahoo! Mail are significant steps
forward in the fight to protect consumers against email-based crimes.
While there is clearly no silver bullet for solving the problems of
phishing and identity theft, today’s announcement is great news for our
customers who rely on Yahoo! Mail.”

More here:
http://www.easier.com/view/Finance/Household_Bills/Spending_Habits/article-142975.html
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