CastleCops and Sunbelt Software Announce
Anti-Phishing Task Force; Companies Join Forces to Give the Public a
Resource to
Report and Stop Phishing Scams
CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2006--CastleCops, a
globally oriented security and privacy site, and Sunbelt Software, a
leading provider of Windows security software, announced today a new
anti-phishing task force designed to help consumers and businesses
combat the unending scourge of phishing scams and online identity
theft.
The task force, called the Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination
(PIRT) Squad, is a community at CastleCops solely dedicated to taking
down phishing sites. The community consists of members who report new
phishing scams as well as highly experienced security researchers
("handlers") that handle incoming reports of phishing websites and are
responsible for performing immediate action to terminate the criminal
activity.
The PIRT Squad works as a complement to existing
organizations such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The
primary difference between PIRT and other organizations is that PIRT is
focused solely on aggressively terminating phishing sites. PIRT will
work with other security organizations and, if necessary, law
enforcement, to provide information for security and forensic analysis.
"The reason this group was formed is to give consumers direct
access to a dedicated task force that will take immediate and
aggressive action to shutting down phishing sites," said Paul
Laudanski, president of CastleCops.
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