Earthlink's anti-fraud toolbar is now being offered to customers who use Bank of America's online banking Web site.
The toolbar changes colors each time a different Web site is visited, alerting users to known sites that are of dubious authenticity or known pfisher sites.
B of A is the first major U.S. bank to make the toolbar available directly to its online customers.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International
Related stories:
Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims
Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information.
Facebook Adds 'Marketplace' of Classified Ads
Facebook members looking to rid themselves of couches, find an apartment or score concert tickets no longer have to leave the confines of the social networking site as Facebook on Friday launched its own classifieds section, dubbed Marketplace.
StumbleUpon, eBay Call Merger 'Talk Rumors'
Both StumbleUpon and eBay on Thursday shot down reports that the e-commerce giant plans to acquire StumbleUpon, but refused further comment on merger talks. Meanwhile, Google launched its own StumbleUpon-like feature, an unnamed pair of dice designed to enhance user searches.
Symantec Announced New Norton 360 - All-In-One Security
Symantec Corp. today announced the availability of its newest product – Norton 360 - All-In-One Security. Norton 360 comprehensive solution combines Symantec's security and PC tune-up technologies with new automated backup and antiphishing features.
New security toolbar rates e-mail senders
Internet users have a new ally in the uncertain world of e-mail, as security vendor CipherTrust this week unveiled a toolbar for e-mail clients that lets users know how trustworthy the mail they're receiving is.
Internet Explorer 7.0 makes waves
After winning the browser wars and vanquishing its chief competitor, Netscape, the folks at Microsoft decided it was time to take a break from improving its industry standard browser. Without competition the company felt that there was no need to release any new updates. But an upstart open-source group funded in part by Mozilla (the same folks who originally created Netscape) created a new browser called "Firefox" that sparked the brand-new browser wars. While the folks at MS won't admit that Firefox spurred them into action, it's hard to deny that the new beta release of Internet Explorer 7.0 doesn't have more than a passing resemblance to the Firefox browser.
Send mass e-mails addressed to each recipient
Ever get a message that is clearly a mass e-mail but has your name after "Dear" and wonder how the sender did it?
StumbleUpon steps up online discovery service
StumbleUpon stepped up its personalized Website recommendation service on Wednesday by launching an online query page and alliances that include The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone.