Yahoo! Attends Anti-Phishing Counter-eCrime Summit

Yahoo! Attends Anti-Phishing Counter-eCrime Summit

San Francisco, California - Search Engine Optimization SEO experts - June 6, 2007 - MarkMonitor security experts, John LaCour, Director of Product Management, and Laura Mather, Ph.D., senior scientist, recently spoke at the Anti-Phishing Working Group 2007 Counter-eCrime Operations Summit in San Francisco, California, at the State Bar of California.

Laura Mather moderated the APWG Policy Round Table discussion, which included industry professionals from Yahoo!, Microsoft, Wachovia and the FBI. The roundtable discussed APW'Gs Domain Name System Policy Working Group (DNSPWG) report on how the policies and protocols of the domain name system assist phishers and how to use those polices and protocols to counter ecrime.

The summit addressed operational challenges and the development of common resources for operations personnel, first responders and the forensic artisans who confront ecrime threats daily. John LaCour took part in the Take-Down Tall Tale Battle Royale panel, alongside security and operational leaders who will exchange insights gained from confronting new technologies and techniques used in cyber crimes. Mr. LaCour shared details on his experience combating sophisticated phishing attacks.

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