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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL and Facebook are setting aside their online rivalry to fight a common enemy: email spam and "phishing" attacks.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:07:05 -0800 -
Free Email Providers Launch DMARC.org To Prevent Phishing Scam
Leading free email providers like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are teaming up in an effort to prevent "phishing" scams.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:02 -0800 -
Email titans Google, Microsoft, Yahoo aim to battle phishin
A working group is pitching a system that will allow providers to authenticate emails better.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:38:31 -0800 -
Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo team up for anti-phishing standard
Fifteen tech giants and email service providers have put their heads together to combat phishing, the practice of sending a deceptive email that spoofs a legitimate entity.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:14:07 -0800 -
Return Path Joins with Google, AOL, Yahoo! and Microsoft to Found DMARC.org to Help Safeguard Consumers, Brands and ..
Return Path, the world?s leading email certification and reputation monitoring company, today announced it is a founding member of DMARC.org , a technical working group dedicated to the development of internet standards for reducing the threat of deceptive emails known as phishing.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:00 -0800 -
Google, Yahoo Form Group to Tackle Phishin
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL have joined forces to thwart purveyors of phishing -- those emails that attempt to trick users into giving up personal information.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:28:00 -0800 -
Yahoo!7 boosts management tea
Australian media group, Yahoo!7, has boosted its management team with the appointment of former E*TRADE managing director, Stuart Sayer, in a newly created role of chief operating officer. Sayers, who will take up his appointment as COO in April this year, has a background in management consulting with McKinsey & Company as well as working with the online investment and broking firm, E*TRADE and ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:38:39 -0800 -
New DMARC email authentication aims to stop phishin
Email spam has been a problem for even longer than commercial activity has been permitted on the Internet, and thanks to botnet operators, scammers, and outright cybercriminals spam has ballooned to account for the vast majority of all email. Although antispam technologies and filters have improved considerable over the years?and there have been some notable victories, like the takedown of the ...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:17:37 -0800 -
Yahoo looks for ways to shed Japanese namesak
The company is reportedly trying to get the deal done without being forced to pay as much as $4 billion in taxes.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:23:39 -0800 -
Email giants partner to reduce 'phishing'
From the Wall Street Journal: Email-service providers Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL Inc. have joined 11 other companies to set email standards that will reduce "phishing" emails, which appear to come from a legitimate source.
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