Go Daddy Adds Anti-Phishing Enhancement To Email Systems

HostReview.com
Wednesday, November 10, 2004; 02:20 PM

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. (www.GoDaddy.com), parent company of GoDaddy.com, member of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.anti-phishing.org), today announced an enhancement to the company's email system that will identify and automatically eliminate phishing attempts at the server level.

"Phishing and email spoofing are growing quickly, and are avenues for criminals to steal the identity and financial information of consumers," said Dave Jevans, Chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

The innovative anti-phishing tool created by Go Daddy identifies phishing emails upon receipt. The system then automatically eliminates the phishing email before it reaches the user's inbox.

This utility tool was added to every email account on the Go Daddy network at no additional charge.

Most often, phishers imitate large financial services companies, enticing the recipient to provide account information -- such as username and password -- through an email link. The individual thinks they are logging in to the legitimate company's Web site, when in reality, they are on a third party Web site that is capturing personal information.

According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry association focused on eliminating identity theft and fraud that result from phishing and email spoofing, phishing attacks increased an average of 50% per month from December 2003 to July 2004 -- with no sign of slowing down.

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