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Firefox has said it will join the initiative soon. That's referencing Chrome and Safari's requirement that certificates be logged before they are trusted by the browsers. Microsoft pushes Google over the Edge, shifts browser to Chromium engine READ MORE By contrast, phishing has taken off: in one year they have doubled in size from 500,000 to over one million. The trends are stark: while malware sites peaked at around 600,000 in 2017, the introduction of new security measures has had a significant impact over 2018, pulling them down to around 100,000.
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"We predict the problem of encrypted phishing sites that imitate real websites will get significantly worse in 2019," it states.Īnd it has produced an interesting graph showing the number of malware versus phishing sites from 2012 through to this year. Why does this matter? Because, the CASC warns, while some aspects of browser security are getting better, it expects the number of phishing sites to rocket next year. "While browser filters such as Microsoft Smart Screen and Google Safe Browsing do a good job at detecting many phishing sites… most phishing sites are set up and taken down in a matter of hours, not days, this means many thousands of users are not meaningfully protected by browser filters," it said. Even this improved performance isn't good enough though, complains CASC. In two days, Edge had closed off 97 per cent of dodgy sites, with Chrome and Firefox trailing with 95 per cent. Edge outperformed Chrome and Firefox when it came to quickly spotting and blocking: It immediately stopped 89 per cent of phishing sites in their tracks some 10 per cent higher Chrome and 12 per cent more than Firefox.