Yahoo, eBay try to block phishing

Today’s emerging DomainKeys standard is taking a new form in hope to block phishing attacks. Yahoo is working with eBay and PayPal to help block fake emails that look to be from a legitimate user, but in reality are not. This new standard is going to help fight ongoing phishing attacks that have become more relevant in today’s computing world. EBay and PayPal have done upgrades to their systems to support this new DomainKeys standard. This procedure of authentication was developed by Yahoo and allows email senders to say who they are, allowing Yahoo to block emails that are imposing as someone else. DomainKeys is anti-spam application that uses a form of public key cryptography. This system will use the header of the message and use the DNS information and be compared to see if this was really coming from an actual user. The upgrade will be available to Yahoo mail users worldwide in the upcoming weeks. Other companies have been looking at ways to block phishing email but there have been multiple fears of blocking legitimate emails. Yahoo’s system is superior because it provides a way of automatically detecting the phished email without any consumer interaction. EBay and PayPal are the first to actively block unauthorized emails. This method is going to be emerging in the industry today because of the security it offers. Many consumers that are worried about the protection of the information they are getting from websites will be reassured when this new DomainKey standard is put into worldwide use.