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.Info Domain Safer From Phishing Attacks
2008-11-07
Global Phishing Survey results highlight .INFO anti-abuse success
DUBLIN, IRELAND - 6 November 2008 ? Afilias, a global provider of
Internet infrastructure services, today announced that a new Global Phishing
Survey released by the Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG) reveals that the .INFO
domain, managed and operated by Afilias, is now safer from phishing attacks.
Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive
information such as usernames, passwords and financial information by
masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic transaction.
The Global Phishing Survey shows that, during the first half of 2008, .INFO has
the lowest phishing rate and the lowest average attack duration among the
Internet's generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The phishing rate is a standard
measure of the number of detected phishing web sites for every 10,000 domains
and indicates the level of use of a domain name for phishing. Attack duration
measures the amount of time a fraudulent website remains online - the longer a
phishing site stays online, the higher the ability to steal sensitive
information from unsuspecting victims. .INFO's attack durations were near the
average among all gTLDs in the second half of 2007, so INFO is now even safer
than it was in the past.
This improvement began in January 2008, when Afilias implemented a vigorous
anti-phishing program. The study results demonstrate the effectiveness of this
program, with the average phishing attack durations in the .INFO domain reduced
by almost 50%, ahead of all other gTLDs. Reduced attack durations provide
greater protection to consumers and organizations that conduct online commerce,
demonstrably reducing financial losses and the many other costs of identity
theft.
"The results from the Afilias .INFO anti-phishing effort show that programs
implemented by domain registries can effectively fight domain name abuses
without outside regulation," said Ram Mohan, Executive Vice President and CTO of
Afilias. "The recently implemented .INFO Anti-Abuse Policy further adds to our
ability to take effective and measured action to prevent abuse in the .INFO
domain."
The Global Phishing Survey analyzes the APWG phishing attack repository and
other data sources comprising a comprehensive archive of phishing activity. It
reports 47,324 phishing attacks in the first six months of 2008, hosted on
26,678 unique domain names. Phishing took place on domain names in 155 top-level
domains (TLDs).
"The Global Phishing Survey demonstrates that criminals are targeting specific
top-level domains and their registrars, and change their targets regularly,"
said Greg Aaron, Director of Key Account Management and Domain Security at
Afilias, and a co-author of the study. "Identity theft and fraud are important
issues for anyone who goes online, and criminals are using vulnerable top-level
domains and registrars to steal identities and money. The .INFO experience
indicates that active, self-regulated anti-abuse programs make a real difference
in improving the safety of the Internet, and of the domain name space in
particular."
You can read the full survey at:
www.apwg.org/reports/APWG_GlobalPhishingSurvey1H2008.pdf
About .INFO
.INFO is the most intuitive path to information on the Internet. It was the
first unrestricted generic top-level domain (TLD) launched since .COM and today
contains over 5 million registered domains and millions of live Web sites. For
more information on .INFO please visit
www.info.info.
About Afilias
Afilias is a global provider of Internet infrastructure services that connect
people to their data. Afilias' reliable, secure, scalable, and globally
available technology supports a wide range of applications. Its Internet
registry services support domains such as .INFO, .ORG, .aero, .mobi, .asia, as
well as many country code domains such as .Me, .IN and others. Afilias also
provides services in the RFID market with its Afilias Discovery Service, which
enables real-time lookup of event histories across RFID networks. For more
information on Afilias please visit
www.afilias.info.
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