Google Records Over Two Million Phishing Websites In 2020
https://www.forbes.comGoogle has registered 2.02 million phishing websites since the start of 2020, according to data analysed by Atlas VPN. The figure represents a 19.91% increase compared to all of 2019. According to Google’s Transparency Report, the tech giant detected an average of 46,000 new phishing websites every week in 2020.
The data also indicates that the problem was particularly acute in the first half of the year. This coincides with the increasing prominence of coronavirus as a global problem, with cybercriminals using fears over the new virus to dupe victims into visiting fraudulent websites or clicking malicious email links.
On average, phishing websites detected by Google have increased in number by 12.89% every year since 2015. This fits in broadly with growing internet use in general, which was also rising long before Covid-19.
