The increase of people working at home due to “stop the spread” initiatives at city and state levels could lead to a corresponding rise in phishing schemes, according to the April 2020 report of the Index of Cyber Security. The sentiment-based index, which uses direct polling of security practitioner experts around the world to chart levels of concern about specific cybersecurity threats, noted an 11% rise in phishing concerns in March. Such as trend is not necessarily surprising, according to ICS director Dr. Edward Amoroso, an NYU Tandon Distinguished Research Professor. He observes that, “Phishing attacks always rise when attackers believe their targets are spending more time in front of PCs.”  Read more about the April 2020 report here.