MS antisphishing tool wins MS bakeoff
Microsoft sponsored a study comparing the effectiveness of antiphishing technologies and, surprise surprise, the company's IE 7 anti-phishing technology came out on top, according to a post on the IE Blog.
The study, which was conducted by 3Sharp, compared antiphishing toolbars from Microsoft, NetCraft, Google/Firefox, AOL, EarthLink, eBay, Geotrust, Netscape and McAfee. The study used a "standardized set of 100 known phishing Web site URLs and 500 known good URLs to see how well each anti-phishing technology flagged both phish and legitimate URLs."
Microsoft's Phishing Filter (MPF) in IE 7 Beta 3 received the highest "composite score" at 172, followed closely by NetCraft's toolbar with a composite score of 168. But when you dig into the numbers, another story emerges.
Read the article HERE.
The study, which was conducted by 3Sharp, compared antiphishing toolbars from Microsoft, NetCraft, Google/Firefox, AOL, EarthLink, eBay, Geotrust, Netscape and McAfee. The study used a "standardized set of 100 known phishing Web site URLs and 500 known good URLs to see how well each anti-phishing technology flagged both phish and legitimate URLs."
Microsoft's Phishing Filter (MPF) in IE 7 Beta 3 received the highest "composite score" at 172, followed closely by NetCraft's toolbar with a composite score of 168. But when you dig into the numbers, another story emerges.
Read the article HERE.
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