Phishing

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A recent ‘Unisys Security Index 2020’ report that measured the concern among consumers about personal financial security, found that bank card fraud through unauthorised access to individual’s credit and debit card details and concerns around banking and shopping online was amongst the top problems globally. — Representational image/DC

People’s carelessness blamed for card theft

Around 33% of Indian consumers store their bank account, credit, debit card, ATM passwords, Aadhaar details in email, mobile and computers

06 Sep 2021 2:28 AM

While there has been a 24% drop in malware attacks worldwide, such attacks specific to IoT have risen by 50%. Also, phishing attempts have gone up by 7 per cent, capitalising on the pandemic.

Use of Microsoft Office files to perpetrate cyber crime rises by 176 pc

SonicWall Capture Labs publishes findings from intelligence data gathered from 1.1 million sensors in 215 countries and territories.

27 Jul 2020 6:26 PM

Just hours before Wednesday’s hack of Twitter handles, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform called for the appointment of a national cybersecurity czar. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Twitter hack brings up concerns about social media manipulation ahead of US election

Tweets may increase misperception and sow confusion during crises, creating escalation incentives for an adversary, experts say.

17 Jul 2020 7:36 PM

Google said, "We have seen new activity from 'hack-for-hire' firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO". "The accounts have largely targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting, and healthcare corporations within numerous countries including the US, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the UK," Google said in a recent blogpost.

Google detects coronavirus-themed phishing attacks by firms in India posing as WHO, banks

The sites typically feature fake login pages that prompt potential victims to give up their Google account credentials and phone numbers

31 May 2020 7:11 PM

India was actually one of the countries least affected by phishing and malware among those that Microsoft tracks, the company said.

Indians were the target of 9,100 coronavirus cyber attacks in the past three months, says Microsoft

About 19 million such attacks were detected in the whole of Asia during the same period of February 2 to May 2.

12 May 2020 10:38 PM

In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 file photo the headquarters of Europol are seen in The Hague, Netherlands. Criminals have spotted a new business opportunity with the coronavirus pandemic and are now plundering the needy and the fearful and even disrupting the medical sector, online and off, with fraud, counterfeit products and cybercrime, a report issued Friday by the European law enforcement agency Europol says. (Photo | AP)

Common criminals now corona criminals: Fraudsters go online, preying on Europe's virus fears

Police around the world seized 34,000 counterfeit surgical masks in one major operation targeting so-called "corona criminals" this month

28 Mar 2020 4:55 PM

Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall said in an email to customers Thursday that the company was banning terms such as “coronavirus,” “COVID” and “vaccine” from the company's domain availability search tool.

Phishing in coronavirus webspace: GoDaddy, NameCheap restrict COVID-19 websites to prevent cyberfraud

Recently the US ordered a site removed after it claimed to sell COVID-19 vaccine, whereas no such vaccine exists yet

27 Mar 2020 9:02 PM

It is recommended that you update your VPN, network infrastructure devices, and devices being used to remotely access work environments with the latest software patches and security configurations.

Home computers increasingly targeted by hackers: Use VPNs, take safety measures

Change passwords of your home Wi-Fi router to strong and unique ones on every account and device and use two-factor authentication

27 Mar 2020 7:06 PM

Beware: Attackers find new ways to avoid detection when compromising email accounts

Hackers monitor, track activity to learn and then launch phishing attacks.

11 Feb 2020 7:27 AM

Facebook is most imitated brand for phishing attempts

Check Point’s researchers highlight Yahoo! as most imitated brand for email-based phishing.

08 Feb 2020 9:46 AM

Internet scams are prevalent on the web.

7 internet scams even the brightest people fall for

From the unexpected friend request to a fake social network email; here are seven common internet scams even the smartest ones fall for.

13 Nov 2019 11:23 AM

The Instagram app will list every email the company has officially sent a user over the last 14 days.

Instagram rolls out new feature to prevent phishing attacks

The new feature helps users to find out if an email was sent by Instagram or is an attempted phishing scam.

09 Oct 2019 8:03 AM

Samsung and LG have issued a fix for the bug, Huawei will be including the fix in its next generation of Mate series or P series smartphones.

New bug leaves Android users vulnerable to dangerous attacks

The security flaw is prevalent in Samsung, Huawei, LG, and other Android-based smartphones.

09 Sep 2019 7:40 AM

When taking the phishing domains targeting consumers only into consideration, 50 per cent of those targeted companies in the financial services industry.

Replying to unknown calls, emails remain top threat to customers

Nearly 200,000 phishing domains were discovered, and of those domains, 66 per cent targeted consumers directly.

04 Aug 2019 10:46 AM

Once a user agrees and clicks on the online-player icon, a short scene from the movie is shown, which is in fact just a part of the official trailer. After a few seconds, the video stops and the victim is redirected to registration and check out page that contains fields for bank card details including the CVV2 code. The site reassures the user that this is only for validation purposes, to prove that a user is a real person.

Avenger End Game: Phishing scammers target fans

They have created a dozen+ websites, offering fans an opportunity to watch Avengers for free online.

03 May 2019 2:56 PM

The exploit, as Fisher calls ‘The Inception Bar’ method, can be used to display a fake address bar that won’t disappear until you go to another site.

Google Chrome bug can allow phishing attacks using 'inception bar'

The bug leverages how the Chrome mobile app disappears the address bar when you scroll down.

30 Apr 2019 10:35 AM

Google notes that one form of phishing, called ‘man in the middle’ (MITM) is hard to detect when an embedded browser framework or another automation platform is used for authentication. (Photo: AP)

Google to block sign-ins from embedded browsers to avert phishing

Developers are recommended to use browser-based OAuth authentication.

20 Apr 2019 1:56 PM

These fraudulent websites mostly include sites requesting personal information for marketing opportunities, and fake streaming sites.

You could be a victim of this Game of Thrones scam

The legitimate websites include fan pages, online games or small shopping sites, looking for potential customers.

17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM

The YouTube scam starts with a scammer setting up a new identical looking account as your favourite YouTuber.

Have you heard about YouTube phishing?

The purpose of the scam is using a simple phishing message to collect your personal data and earn some money as well.

20 Mar 2019 3:19 PM

The rapid growth of phishing attacks in 2018 is part of a long running trend, with both 2017 and 2016 experiencing increases of 15% on the previous year.

Phishing attacks more than doubled in 2018 to reach almost 500 million

Phishing is one of the most flexible types of ‘social engineering’ attack, as it can be disguised in many ways.

15 Mar 2019 5:31 PM

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