eWeek: Microsoft Adds Anti-phishing Tools to IE 7
Microsoft inked an agreement with whitelist specialist Digital Resolve on Sept. 5 to help its next-generation Internet Explorer 7 Web browsing software and Windows Live Toolbar application protect users against fraudulent Web sites.
Under the terms of the deal, Digital Resolve, a unit of Digital Envoy, will provide its Trusted Server data feed directly into the two Microsoft products, promising to arm the programs with the latest information about Web sites believed to be operating to support phishing schemes, which typically aim to steal personal data in order to commit identity fraud.
The technology will be used as a source of information for Microsoft’s own Phishing Filter, already built into beta versions of IE 7 and Windows Live Toolbar, and will also be utilized in Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and in Windows Vista, both of which are still under development and expected to arrive in 2007. [Read on]