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| + | '''Anti-Phishing Working Group''' is a global association working for the reduction and prevention of identity theft, phishing scams, fraud and malware. The association works in collaboration with international organizations including [[ISP]]s, governmental agencies, online retailers, banks, police and security providers to get rid of cyber crime.<ref>[http://www.antiphishing.org/ AntiPhishing]</ref> |
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| + | APWG organizes meetings, seminars and summits to increase the awareness about cyber security. The complete list of APWG past and upcoming events can be seen [http://www.antiphishing.org/events/events.html AntiPhishing Events here]. |
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| + | ==Sponsors== |
| + | APWG is being sponsored by several international organizations. Some known security providers and other companies sponsoring APWG are: |
| + | * DigiCert. |
| + | * Cyveillance. |
| + | * TrendMicros. |
| + | * GeoTrust. |
| + | * EasySolutions. |
| + | * McAfee. |
| + | * VASCO. |
| + | * Symantec. |
| + | * Microsoft. |
| + | * Walmart. |
| + | <ref>[http://www.antiphishing.org/resources.html AntiPhishing Resources]</ref> |
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| + | ==Public Education== |
| + | APWG has taken an initiative to educate people about phishing scams. For this purpose the association has started several education programs; |
| + | * Phishing Education Landing Page Program started with Carnegie Mellon CyLab's Supporting Trust Decisions Project in 2008. |
| + | * Fax Back Phishing Education Program. |
| + | * The APWG/NCSA's Stop. Think. Connect. Messaging Convention started in 2009 with [[NCSA]]. |
| + | * APWG/NCSA Counter Muling Project. |
| + | <ref>[http://education.apwg.org/ APWG Education]</ref> |
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| + | Besides these programs APWG has started an eCrime research project. The association invites academic institutions, researchers and industry individuals from all over the world to participate in its conferences.<ref>[http://www.ecrimeresearch.org/ eCrimeSearch]</ref> |
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| + | ==Additional Links== |
| + | * APWG phishing and eCrime [http://www.antiphishing.org/news/phishingNews.html news]. |
| + | * Report a suspected site [http://www.antiphishing.org/report_phishing.html here]. |
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