The Inquisitr » domainkeys http://www.inquisitr.com The Better Mix Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:22:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gmail Amps Up Phishing Protection http://www.inquisitr.com/1529/gmail-amps-up-phishing-protection/ http://www.inquisitr.com/1529/gmail-amps-up-phishing-protection/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:31:45 +0000 JR http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1529 Google is teaming up with eBay and Paypal to help protect Gmail users from phishing scams. The web-based mail service will now authenticate any e-mails coming from paypal.com or ebay.com. The move is an effort to combat the large number of spoofed messages that appear to originate from those domains. Now, any e-mails claiming to [...]

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]]> Google is teaming up with eBay and Paypal to help protect Gmail users from phishing scams.

The web-based mail service will now authenticate any e-mails coming from paypal.com or ebay.com. The move is an effort to combat the large number of spoofed messages that appear to originate from those domains. Now, any e-mails claiming to come from Paypal or eBay that don’t check out won’t even make it into your inbox.

The authentication process will use DomainKeys and DKIM technology to confirm legit messages. Google says it’s been testing the process for a few weeks already.

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