Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal and others are working together on a standard that can be used across the internet for blocking phishing emails.
On Monday, a group of 15 companies launched
DMARC.org, which stands for Domain-based Message Authentication,
Reporting and Conformance. The system aims to authenticate the sender of emails, verifying them so that recipients can be sure they come from legitimate companies rather than from imposters trying to trick them into clicking a phishing link.
In November Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and Agari announced an effort to carry out the same authentication coordination, but just for Facebook, YouSendIt and a few dozen other e-commerce companies and social networks. Now the effort is being expanded to include more participants, and the group plans to submit its specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for standardisation.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Antiphishing standard in the works from Google, Facebook, others on CNET News.
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