Related link: http://www.antiphishing.org/
Yet another phishing email arrives, and it's bugging me more and more just to hit delete or the Spam button. I'd like a toolbar item (or a Favorite to add to my browser toolbar) that does something a little more useful with them.
This morning's message purported to be from Visa but the phony Visa url actually linked to an images subdirectory at www.sami-equipements.ch, which looks like a legitimate emergency equipment maker--I'm guessing someone has tucked a script inside that subdirectory?
I went to the US federal cybercrime site at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ (phew! they ain't spending taxpayer money on graphic design, that's for sure) but it's hard to just file a quick report and move on. They provide a guide to reporting here:
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/reporting.htm
But it features some dead links, and if you do get to a reporting form, it's likely to be very long and to ask you for so much personal information you may not want to complete it.
Into the breach step various private groups, such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group:
You can report phishing to them by sending an email to reportphishing@antiphishing.org. They list endorsements by Visa, eBay and a lot of other big firms.
Anyone got any other suggestions?
What's your best anti-phishing link?
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IE 7?
When using IE7 there is an added option on the Tools menu called Phishing Filter. It includes an option to report the site. Also, if you go to a a site IE finds suspicious, there is an alert in the status par that includes the phishing option whenyou right click.
gmail
hi there,
I'm seeing that all emails coming to my gmail folder automatically get SPAM/PHISHING filtered. When I go to this filtered folder, I see that gmail warns me that this could be DANGEROUS.
Maybe, there is a way for outlook/spambayes to integrate with gmail spam/phishing filter.
BR,
~A
Netcraft Phishing toolbar
Hi Spencer,
I've been using the Netcraft Toolbar (http://toolbar.netcraft.com) for over a year now, and I'm a very happy Happy Netcraft Toolbar for Firefox user (it works for IE too!). You can even the report phishing sites that you may come across and, after validation by the Netcraft team, they are added in the phishing site database.
You also have a small icon with a flag in which the Web site, domain name or IP address is located. Very convenient if you have children/teenagers.
HTH
Google "Safe" Browsing
Thanks!
Google "Safe" Browsing
Have you tried the Google Safe Browsing Firefox extension? You can obtain it here: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/index.html
It can be useful if you're not too paranoid about sending your browsing habits to the information gathering overlords. It asks a Google server about the site you're visiting and shows a message in case you're in a site identified to do phishing. You can also report new sites easily from the menu, under Tools > Google Safe Browsing. There's no toolbar button, but it would be a nice feature to ask for.