Week #10a

April 27, 2020

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/brits-up-for-reporting-phishing/

I chose this article because it is documenting a defense mechanism that is being used to combat the rise in malicious sites and email. Though this has only been developed in the United Kingdom, int could easily be implemented elsewhere.

SERS was co-developed with the City of London Police in order to take down malicious sites. It also brings support to UK policing by providing live-time analysis of reports as a way of identifying new patterns in online offending. In its first day alone, they received a shocking 5,151 reports of suspicious emails thus resulting in 83 scams promptly being ended. “The immediate take-up of our new national reporting service shows that the UK is united in its defense against callous attempts to trick people online,” said NCSC Chief Executive Officer. The recent malicious attacks had been a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. This can be seen in almost every country in the world. This past month, the service has removed more than 2,000 online scams that were related to the coronavirus. This would include 471 fake online shops selling items allegedly related to the virus. NCSC makes it easy for scam site as well as their emails to be detected. Sites that are found to be phishing scams are removed immediately. 

What can be learned here is that great steps are being taken in Europe in order to ensure the safety and security of their citizens. I think this should try to be implemented here in the use because we are seeing the same spikes in scams.