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PowerShark FIN - Fraud Intelligence Newsletter
Summary and comment about recent news
January 2008
February 2008
In the News
October 9, 2006 State rates high in e-mail scams - Honolulu Advertiser
September 4, 2006 Q&A: Rod Rasmussen and Lars Harvey, online bounty hunters - Tacoma News Tribune
August 22, 2006 Microsoft Launches Enforcement Campaign... - Microsoft.com
November 17, 2005 Microsoft Enhances Phishing Protection... - Microsoft.com
Our Press Releases
April 18, 2006 88 percent of phishing e-mails use the target’s domain name — New study from leading anti-phishing firm Internet Identity reveals that most remaining messages use related domains
November 17, 2005 Internet Identity collaborates with Microsoft to help protect customers from new phishing attacks with up to the hour protection — New data agreement allows Internet Identity to help thwart phishing attacks against its clients by providing data to Microsoft® Phishing Filter and SmartScreen™ Technology to help protect Windows® Internet Explorer 7, MSN® Search Toolbar, MSN Hotmail® and Windows Live™ Mail Beta users.
July 12, 2005 Internet Identity to Join Industry Leaders at Email Authentication Implementation Summit 2005 — Industry Drive toward E-Mail Authentication Continues; Internet Identity offers PowerShark™ Phishing Readiness and Response Solution
In the News - Summaries
October 9, 2006 - article in the Honolulu Advertiser
State rates high in e-mail scams
How Internet Identity is mentioned:
A ranking by Internet Identity, a Tacoma, Wash.-based company that helps companies mitigate problems with the misleading e-mails, said Hawai'i has been a "hot spot" for Web thieves seeking to steal account information by getting people to respond to the messages.
"I would say on a per-capita basis Hawai'i is right at the top, or near the top, as far as being hit," said Rod Rasmussen, director of operations for Internet Identity. "There definitely seems to be a concentration of phishing in Hawai'i."
How Internet Identity is helping Hawai’ian financial institutions:
We are providing our PowerShark services, including site detection, blocking and deactivation, to many of the targeted banks and credit unions in Hawai’i.
September 4, 2006 - article in the Tacoma News Tribune
Q&A: Rod Rasmussen and Lars Harvey, online bounty hunters
How Internet Identity is mentioned:
August 22, 2006 - Microsoft press release
Microsoft Launches Enforcement Campaign Targeting Web Site “Cybersquatters” Who Use Online Ads
How Internet Identity is mentioned:
Rod Rasmussen, Internet Identity’s director of operations, carefully monitors Internet activity that pertains to Microsoft trademarks and intellectual property. He said that on an average day more than 2,000 domain names are registered that contain Microsoft trademark terms. Of those, his company can readily categorize that at least 75 percent are owned by what are believed to be professional domain name holding operations. Approximately one quarter of all domain registrations containing Microsoft trademark terms are registered via so-called “privacy services.”
“These are all very conservative estimates,” Rasmussen says. “We’re thinking that we’re really looking at 90 percent or more of domain registrations containing Microsoft trademarks as being these kind of operators.”
What we’ve been doing for Microsoft:
As part of our ongoing Domain Control program for Microsoft, we have been analyzing and categorizing all domain registrations containing Microsoft’s most important trademarked brand names. The main benefit of our work has been the immediate discovery and shut down of new phishing sites targeting Microsoft’s brands. As a secondary benefit, we have identified and reported to Microsoft apparent trademark infringements, and have developed a detailed history of cybersquatting activity against the brands. Microsoft is using information gleaned from our work in support of its enforcement campaign.
November 17, 2005 - Microsoft press release
Microsoft Enhances Phishing Protection for Windows, MSN and Microsoft Windows Live Customers
How Internet Identity is mentioned:
“There is of course no silver bullet that can stop phishing, but we believe that the Microsoft Phishing Filter and SmartScreen Technology, when armed with continuously updated data from both great partners and our own users, can help make a significant difference for our customers worldwide,” said John L. Scarrow, general manager, Anti-Spam and Anti-Phishing Team, Microsoft Technology Care and Safety Group. “We are excited to be working with leading companies like Cyota, Internet Identity and MarkMonitor to better protect our MSN and Windows Live and Windows customers and help them feel more confident in their online safety.”
What we’re doing for the Microsoft Phishing Filter:
We’re delivering our RealPhish data feed for use in various services Microsoft provides, including the Phishing Filter for Internet Explorer 7 .
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