Gmail users protected from fake eBay, PayPal emails
Published: 09 Jul 2008 11:32 BST
Google on Tuesday said it is now using an email-authentication technology to keep phishers from luring Gmail users to fake eBay and PayPal web pages in order to steal usernames and passwords.
The technology, DomainKeys, uses cryptography to verify the domain of the sender of an email. It allows email providers to validate the domain from which an email originates, and it enables easier detection of phishing attempts by helping identify abusive domains.
Last October, Yahoo announced that it was protecting Yahoo Mail users with eBay and PayPal accounts from phishing attempts, using the same technology.
The DomainKeys technology is covered by a patent assigned to Yahoo. The company released it under a dual-licence scheme that allows companies to use it royalty-free under the GNU General Public License version 2.0, which enabled the Internet Engineering Task Force to approve it as a proposed internet standard.
Credit: Gmail now blocking fake eBay, PayPal e-mails from CNET News
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