Other planned security features in Firefox 2 are support for a stronger type of digital certificate, a so-called high-assurance certificate. Although IE and Firefox, the two most-used web browsers, don't include anti-phishing features yet, there...
Presented with a carefully spoofed Bank Of the West email which directed recipients to the phishing website www.bankofthevvest.com (with a double 'v' instead of 'w'), complete with a padlock in the content, spoofed Verisign logo and certificate...
Microsoft, for example, offers phishing protection as part of its web browser toolbar and has promised enhanced security in the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 browser. Another feature will authenticate websites, in part by taking advantage of...
This is a new type of security certificate being sold by the same companies that sell Secure Socket Layer, or SSL, certificates which allow traffic to be encrypted and are indicated by a yellow padlock in web browsers.
He added the caveat that the software doesn't operate with early browsers and operating systems, so wasn't a "silver bullet". Davies recommended Extended Valuation SSL (EVSSL) to online retailers, which among other things causes the address bar to...
Cranor's report could be positive news for a company such as VeriSign, which in December launched a tool with Microsoft that changes the colour of the browser address bar when it's displaying a website that has an "extended validation certificate...
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