Kaspersky Lab has announced that anti-phishing databases provided by PhishTank have been incorporated into the Anti-Phishing module of Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0. Just the other day, I had an article about PhishTank that reported the general situation of phishing.

It's great to see that experts cooperate with each other for the benefit of us users. I've always said Kaspersky Lab deserves its place amongst the leaders on the market and this piece of news just comes to prove it. The security solutions they offer will help the ones that aren't tech-savvy. If some people don't know what to click on when their firewall prompts them, well, with software protection against phishing, it's all going to be fool-proof!

"We are glad to include the data provided by PhishTank among the phishing databases used in our Anti-Phishing module. In the relatively short time since the launch of PhishTank, it has developed into a powerful resource that greatly contributes to the cause of combating online fraud. The PhishTank anti-phishing databases will enable us to offer more effective protection from attacks of cybercriminals for users of our products. We not only take advantage of the services provided by PhishTank, but also actively support this resource by providing it with all the information about phishing resources that is available to us," says Nikolay Grebennikov, deputy director of Innovative Technologies at Kaspersky Lab.

An earlier sign that these two would cooperate was when this summer PhishTank granted Kaspersky Lab a "Star Phish Award" in recognition of its contribution to the cause of fighting back against phishing.

If you've been reading till now and are thinking "OK, so Kaspersky protects me against phishing - what the hell is that anyway?" here's what Wikipedia has to say about it: "In computing, phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication." See more here.