Numerous and prolific, phishing scammers continue to claim victims, recently damaging the reputation of the most promising technology deployed to thwart them.
In a week that saw analysts declare a 500 percent increase in global phishing activity over the previous quarter, experts are warning of new attacks that not only circumvent the fledgling DomainKeys system but also use the technology to their advantage.
DomainKeys, an e-mail signing technology developed by Yahoo Inc. a year ago and deployed last month, is regarded by many in the security community as one of the best hopes for preventing spammers and phishers from forging e-mail addresses.
"DomainKeys is not meant to solve spam. It's meant to take forgery out of the spammer's arsenal," said Miles Libby, anti-spam product manager for Yahoo Mail at Yahoo, in Sunnyvale, Calif. "That's one of their prime techniques. If we can kill forgery, we can apply a true
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Nov 29, 2004, 04:21 PM
