Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale
Oct 09, 2024
Cybercrime / Threat Detection
Google on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance ( GASA ) and DNS Research Federation ( DNS RF ) to combat online scams . The initiative, which has been codenamed the Global Signal Exchange ( GSE ), is designed to create real-time insights into scams, fraud, and other forms of cybercrime pooling together threat signals from different data sources in order to create more visibility into the facilitators of cybercrime. "By joining forces and establishing a centralized platform, GSE aims to improve the exchange of abuse signals, enabling faster identification and disruption of fraudulent activities across various sectors, platforms and services," Google said in a blog post shared with The Hacker News. "The goal is to create a user-friendly, efficient solution that operates at an internet-scale, and is accessible to qualifying organizations, with GASA and the DNS Research Federation managing access." The tech giant said it has sh