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Opera introduced real-time Fraud Protection in its Web browser, including technology from GeoTrust and PhishTank.

Phishing is a form of online fraud in which a malicious party convinces users to visit a forged Web site. That site is designed to mimic a trusted site in order to trick users into divulging personal information, credit card numbers, or bank account details. According to PhishTank, the month of November alone saw more than 9,628 unique phishing attacks. Since most phishing sites are taken down quickly, only real-time protection holds the key to consistent safety. PhishTank, operated by OpenDNS and community members, enables anyone to submit, verify, track and openly share phishing data. The open access of PhishTank, and the use of PhishTank data in Opera, is intended to encourage the sharing of information and increase the chance of eliminating phishing all together.

While all this phish talk makes me hungry, I really wonder if consumers even get it. It’s like identity theft in that until it happens to you, you assume it only applies to others, and “How could they get my information from me anyway? I keep it private.” Yeah right, can anyone say the internet?

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