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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>
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].
==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>
==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>
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>
==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].
==References==
==References==