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I blogged on here several months ago about Phishtank and their efforts to combat phishing. As the site is reliant on users, where users both contribute potential phishing sites and then vote on their legitimacy, the more people actively engaged in PhishTank's fight the better. And as phishing is a threat to almost all legitimate types of business on the internet, people should really get involved. To join the fight, just click here.

Also, Phishtank made a recent call to developers for ideas to better the site. David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS and the founder of PhishTank, said, "I want PhishTank to be the best site it can be." According to Dark Reader, PhishTank has grown from around 2,400 active members in its first month to more than 10,000 after three months. PhishTank says they have uncovered more than 35,000 phishes to this point, so who can say how many people they've saved from getting ripped off.

The only problem is that PhishTank still relies on blacklisting to ultimately be effective, and the fact that the recent explosion of botnets has pretty much rendered blacklisting ineffective. But this could be offset if anti-spam efforts continue along the content analysis route, where PhishTank could certainly help on the content side by providing proven phishing emails.

But the time has clearly come to upgrade PhishTank. As the site relies on user input, the easier the site is to use the greater the participation will be (PhishTank is actually fairly easy to use, but some have called for an easier verification process). Says Ulevitch, "I'm looking for fresh perspectives, so we're bringing in outside folks that might bring in fresh energy and ideas." I say the less phishing there is the better it is for everyone.

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