Cyota's Anti-Phishing Data to Further Enhance EarthLink's ScamBlocker; Cyota Security Technology to Protect Users from Fraudulent Financial Phishing Websites.

NEW YORK -- Cyota, the leading provider of anti-fraud and online security solutions for financial institutions, announced today that it is working with EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK), the nation's next generation Internet service provider, to provide data to enhance ScamBlocker(TM), EarthLink's consumer application designed to help protect Internet users from insidious "phisher" site scams. Cyota's data provides immediate protection from fraudulent financial phishing sites.

EarthLink's ScamBlocker warns users before they access known or suspected phishing sites, and redirects them to an EarthLink-generated Web page that provides additional information about phishing and similar online scams, and what actions subscribers can take to further protect themselves. Last year, EarthLink became the first major Internet service provider to develop such a protection feature. ScamBlocker is available to all Internet users, not just EarthLink access subscribers.

According to Cyota's Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC), there are approximately 2,500 new phishing scams introduced each month. Cyota has developed an array of anti-fraud solutions, including its FraudAction(TM) anti-phishing solution, which is currently in use by dozens of banks worldwide.

FraudAction detects attacks by using a wide range of sources and technologies, such as scanning the Internet and e-mail streams. The AFCC then takes down the spoofed sites, deploys countermeasures against them and performs forensic work to catch the fraudsters. Based on its global detection network and anti-phishing expertise, Cyota will update EarthLink once an attack against a financial institution is detected.

"It is imperative for companies to work together and share intelligence when dealing with online fraud and phishing in order to ensure that the Internet remains a viable commerce and communication channel for years to come," said Amir Orad, executive vice president of marketing at Cyota. "Cyota's online security and anti-fraud services are currently in use by eight of the top 12 banks in the world, and our anti-phishing service has been in use worldwide for over 18 months. Partnering with EarthLink allows ScamBlocker users, many of whom are also our banks' accountholders, to enjoy further protection against phishing."

"Phishing has become one of the most dangerous types of e-mail threats, and EarthLink's ScamBlocker enables consumers to protect themselves from online fraud," said Matt Cobb, EarthLink's vice president of core applications. "By adding Cyota's FraudAction information into our phishing database, ScamBlocker users now have access to some of the latest protection tools for financial and banking scams."

In addition to FraudAction, Cyota offers financial institutions a full suite of online security and anti-fraud solutions to protect their online banking and credit card customers. Additional offerings include Cyota eSphinx(TM), a strong two factor Risk Based Authentication solution for online banking; Cyota eVision(TM), the company's online fraud management solution; and Cyota SecureSuite(TM), an e-commerce fraud solution supporting Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode.

About Cyota

Cyota is the leading provider of online security and anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions. Cyota's solutions include fraud reduction tools for e-commerce and online banking as well as anti-phishing services. Cyota operates in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific with systems in use by thousands of financial institutions, including eight of the world's top 10 banks. Over 400 million accountholders are protected by Cyota's systems. Founded in 1999, Cyota is headquartered in New York with offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.cyota.com