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New IE8 Features for Anti-Phishing

The next version of Internet Explorer 8 will have new features to protect people from phishing attacks . Some of these features were developed by CMU's very own Serge Egelman . Nice work Serge! Some highlights include: Better warning messages (based on our past work on warnings in web browsers [PDF] ) Better heuristics for detecting scams (I'd be interested in learning more about how these work) Anti-malware support