OpenDNS’s PhishTank Honored as “Top Product of 2008” by PC World
Expert Technology Publication Gives OpenDNS’s PhishTank its Most Coveted Award
May 27, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO – OpenDNS, the award-winning navigation service that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced its PhishTank.com was honored with the “Top Product of 2008” award from PC World magazine.
PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet, empowering Internet users to take action when they are the target of an attempted phishing scam. To date PhishTank has prevented more than a quarter million individual phishing attacks, each one holding the threat of potentially devastating financial consequences. Phishing protection powered by PhishTank is on by default for the millions of users of OpenDNS’s free service.
The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance and innovation.
“These awards go to the best technology products we've seen in the last 12 months,” said Edward N. Albro, editor of PC World. “Our editors looked at hundreds of hardware, software and Web products to compile this list of outstanding performers. Congratulations to OpenDNS and the PhishTank community.”
“This is an awesome honor both for OpenDNS and for the community of phish submitters and verifiers at PhishTank,” said David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS. “We’re proud to provide a service that’s made a significant dent in the global phishing problem. Acknowledgement like this is motivation to continue fighting the good fight against phishing.”
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: www.opendns.com
About PhishTank
PhishTank is operated by OpenDNS and is the first and only effort of its kind. Launched in October 2006 to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the site employs a sophisticated voting system that requires the community to vote "phish" or "not phish," reducing the possibility of false positives and improving the overall breadth and coverage of the phishing data. PhishTank makes all phishing data it accumulates public and available via programmable APIs, which allow other software developers to incorporate the anti-phishing data into their tools. The open access is intended to encourage the sharing of information and increase the chance of eliminating phishing all together. For more information about PhishTank, please visit: www.phishtank.com
PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet, empowering Internet users to take action when they are the target of an attempted phishing scam. To date PhishTank has prevented more than a quarter million individual phishing attacks, each one holding the threat of potentially devastating financial consequences. Phishing protection powered by PhishTank is on by default for the millions of users of OpenDNS’s free service.
The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance and innovation.
“These awards go to the best technology products we've seen in the last 12 months,” said Edward N. Albro, editor of PC World. “Our editors looked at hundreds of hardware, software and Web products to compile this list of outstanding performers. Congratulations to OpenDNS and the PhishTank community.”
“This is an awesome honor both for OpenDNS and for the community of phish submitters and verifiers at PhishTank,” said David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS. “We’re proud to provide a service that’s made a significant dent in the global phishing problem. Acknowledgement like this is motivation to continue fighting the good fight against phishing.”
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: www.opendns.com
About PhishTank
PhishTank is operated by OpenDNS and is the first and only effort of its kind. Launched in October 2006 to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the site employs a sophisticated voting system that requires the community to vote "phish" or "not phish," reducing the possibility of false positives and improving the overall breadth and coverage of the phishing data. PhishTank makes all phishing data it accumulates public and available via programmable APIs, which allow other software developers to incorporate the anti-phishing data into their tools. The open access is intended to encourage the sharing of information and increase the chance of eliminating phishing all together. For more information about PhishTank, please visit: www.phishtank.com
