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Browser Security: Anti-Phishing in Firefox 2.0

Keeping ahead of phishers just got a little bit easier. An upgrade of the popular Firefox browser from Mozilla includes anti-phishing protection. The browser by default is enabled with anti-phishing features turned on. When browsing, Firefox will check the sites you visit against a blacklist of known phishing sites.

The blacklist is stored locally and updated regularly. If you want to check a site against the most up to date list, there is an option for that too.

The Mozilla email client, Thunderbird, also has anti-phishing protection.

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Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net