Yahoo! Hosting Phishing Sites

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07-Sep-2005

Spamhaus has accused internet giant Yahoo! of hosting almost 5000 phishing websites.

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The spam and scam watchdog Spamhaus has accused online internet services giant of hosting almost 5000 websites with phishing related content.

Many of the websites have obvious names which point to nefarious content including "bank", "eBay" and "PayPal."

News of Yahoo's safe harbour for phishing websites is likely to cause embarrassment and Spamhaus has cited a lack of staff dedicated to online security matters at Yahoo as a principal reason behind the huge criminal presence.

US ISPs and web hosting companies are notorious reluctant to shut down websites, even after alledged phishing efforts due to possible legal repercussions related to putting websites out of business and it appears many of the Yahoo hosted phishing websites are registered in the USA.

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07/09/05

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