Microsoft expands its anti-phishing database
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft Thursday expanded the scope of its anti-phishing Internet software by announcing agreements with independent data providers Cyota Inc., Internet Identity, and MarkMonitor Inc., to supply round-the-clock information about confirmed and suspected phishing Web sites.
Real-time information about illicit Web sites collected by these three companieswho all developed their software on Microsoft .Net platformswill be added into the overall data bank started earlier this year by Microsoft and its first anti-phishing partner, WholeSecurity Inc.