Another antiphishing group

Another group to tackle the phishing menace has spawned up. This time headed by Symantec. Well, this is not a new group strictly speaking, this group was run by WholeSecurity with Symantec acquired recently. But Symantec will definitely will bring a different focus and additional resources to this group.

But the point is, why another one? Symantec itself is a member of APWG, so why not pour more resources in that effort instead of creating a separate group or running a separate group. I think APWG would have been more than happy to give Symantec credit and exposure for its contributions if that is what Symantec was after. That according to me would have made a considerable difference.

Instead of having such uncoordinated efforts, if we can have a some coordinated effort, I am sure we can make a greater headway against the menace and the bad guys.