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QR phishing or simply 'quishing' is a social engineering phishing attack that will manipulate victims into scanning QR codes which will redirect them to bogus or fake websites.
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Supreme Court issued a public advisory against a phishing attack after a fake website impersonating the official website of the top court was created and hosted on the Internet
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AI tools like ChatGPT and Google's Bard could help criminals sound more believable when contacting potential victims.
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Fake job offers and phishing scams are on the rise on LinkedIn and half of the businesses globally experienced at least one LinkedIn scam this year
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Screen-sharing fraud is a type of social engineering (phishing) fraud where hackers impersonate an employee of a bank or payment app and ask people to download a screen-sharing app to gain remote access. They then deceive people by making them believe that screen sharing provides them with easy access to the bank or payment app-related […]
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Hyderabad: While the digital age makes our lives easier it also brings many challenges particularly in terms of cyberattacks. The most important segment that is susceptible to online attack is passwords. With many different accounts for different utilities having different passwords and remembering them is not an easier task and reusing the same login credentials […]
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Cyber criminals target both individuals and companies. Knowing some cybersecurity tips and putting them into place will help you protect yourself and your business and reduce the risk of a cyber-attack. Teach your staff on how to avoid phishing scams and keep them informed on common ways fraudsters can infect computers and devices with malware. […]
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New Delhi: With the increase in demand for Covid-19 tests, over the past weeks due to the latest Omicron variant, the hackers are back at exploiting the pandemic to conduct more attacks, according to a report. According to researchers from Barracuda Networks, a cloud-enabled security solutions provider, since early October 2021, Covid test-related phishing attacks […]
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This doesn't mean simply receiving messages, but actually clicking on them, according to the analysis of phishing trends within a sample of 500,000 protected devices across 90 countries, including India.
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Hyderabad: Corporate hackers are constantly upgrading their hacking mechanisms and this in turn is putting pressure on organisations to upgrade their security infrastructure. As data becomes more and more essential for enterprises, network threats are also increasing. Businesses have to stay a few steps ahead of the cyber crooks in order to keep their business […]
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Develop awareness strategies to stop them to steal data, say experts
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Hyderabad: With several people being cheated in the name of investment apps, the police have warned against investing in the ‘Vestas Wind’ investment app which is quite popular on social media. According to Cybercrime officials, it was observed that in all investment frauds, fraudsters bank on the greed in people, mostly youngsters and homemakers. “They […]
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Hyderabad: While the pandemic has made us hooked onto our gadgets, it has also given a push to cybercriminals. Various fake payments offers and discounted Covid-19 tests, phishing ads for fake QR codes and vaccination certificates for restaurants and public event are some of the popular schemes being used by cyber-criminals. Kaspersky products detected and […]
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Kaspersky products detected and blocked 14 per cent more pandemic-related phishing websites in June than they did in May.
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Influencers may sell your data on dark web to promote fake products
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Conmen psychologically manipulate users into making mistakes
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A recent study has shown that globally the biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May 2021 were sent via WhatsApp at 89.6 per cent.
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The research wing of New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation, along with Autobot Infosec Pvt Ltd, studied two such incidents on the name of SBI.
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Phishing is a method of trying to gather personal/sensitive information and steal data or money from victims
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They intrude onto devices through malicious apps, public Wi-Fi etc.
