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Media Relations

Professor tossing 'active cookies' at security threats

PC World

February 22, 2006

Professor tossing 'active cookies' at security threats

So you knew about "phishing," the scam e-mails you get cleverly disguised as correspondence from your bank. But have you heard about "pharming?" It's a new form of e-spoofing where end users are scammed by having an e-mail intercepted and directed to a bogus Web site. Markus Jacobsson, associate professor of informatics at IU, has designed a new security technique -- active cookies -- through a startup called RavenWhite. "While cookies were merely designed to identify users, active cookies are designed to authenticate users, explains the company Web site."

To read the entire article, go to: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;215389687;fp;16;fpid;0

For more information on the School of Informatics, go to: http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/

For more about Markus Jacobsson, go to: http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/people/profiles.asp?u=markus

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