antiphishing

AutoPilot and more in Bitdefender Internet Security 2012

The bottom line: Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 makes a convincing pitch as an easy Windows security option. It's got an enormous selection of features, but the best one means you'll never see another security notification again unless you get infected. And the price is competitive, striking a good balance between value-added features and cost.

Review: Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 presents a convincing alternative to its better-known competitors. It's a strong program, with all the major tools that users expect, and some additional useful tricks in its arsenal. When it comes to efficacy, Bitdefender isn't the best … Read more

People feel safer on a PC than on a mobile device

If you feel safer online using your PC instead of your mobile phone, you are not alone.

A majority 87 percent of people polled for a new study think their home PCs offer better defense against viruses, malware, and hackers than do their mobile phones. Released today by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Symantec, the study (PDF) also discovered that people may be overconfident in the power of their computers to protect them as less than half are using full security software.

Though only 24 percent of those polled said they feel very safe using their home computers to … Read more

Safari 3.2 includes antiphishing tools

Without fanfare, Apple has apparently added antiphishing to its Safari 3.2 release.

The new version of Safari, which was largely a security update and released last week, includes a new configuration option saying: "Warn when visiting a fraudulent website". It is configured to be on by default. So far, Apple is not talking about the enhancement, nor is there any documentation on the Safari site.

CNET tested the updated Safari 3.2 for Windows on various newly reported phish sites listed on DSLreports and PhishTank, and found none produced a warning. It could be that the phish … Read more

Update for Internet Explorer 7

If you've disabled the antiphishing filter in Internet Explorer 7, you're not alone. The filter, as it currently works, takes something short of forever to process each site, deciding whether to mark it as safe for viewing or suspect as a potential phishing site. In response, Microsoft has quietly issued a service update for users of Internet Explorer 7 for XP and Windows Vista, running on Windows Vista (all editions, including x64 editions), Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Professional x64, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Server 2003 SP1 x64 editions.