I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. Just as a brief reminder, they look like this: These get through all the technical controls that exist at

From 2024, but funny to read…

What makes this situation so ridiculous is that while we’re all watching for scammers attempting to imitate legitimate organisations, FedEx is out there imitating scammers!

  • spizzat2@lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    21 hours ago

    A competent government would set up best practice rules, and tools to improve systems. They could even provide some sort of system for consumers to report these issues. Then they could assign companies a cyber security score. Basically, a wall of shame for this stuff, ideally with the option for fines for non-compliance.

    Unfortunately, “competent government” seems to be an oxymoron in most places.

    Edit: to be clear, I provided examples of half-hearted implementations of what I’m talking about from a couple sources, but I’m making no claims about the competency of those governments.

    • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      Oh, they’re competent. It’s just that they’re competent at protecting monied interests, not the people.

    • trolololol@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Microsoft has enough things to be ashamed of, do you think one govt score and a fine of 100M would change any of that?