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| E-shopping fraud and watching content double |
Kaspersky said online phishing attacks that simulated online shopping platforms and online content delivery services had increased rapidly. Kaspersky experts found that when they compared the first quarter of this year to the same period in 2019, they were exposed to fake online purchases. The number of hacked users has doubled from 9% to 18%, and cases of counterfeit fraudulent content have tripled to 4%.
Online content delivery services and markets are becoming increasingly popular. Tens of thousands of people around the world remain in their homes almost permanently so that they cannot shop, entertain and have dinner in the evenings and weekends.
At the same time, cyber criminals are interested in monitoring trends and using hunting through popular online activities. They have fabricated fake commercial sites or known content delivery platforms, claiming that they allow users to receive free services in exchange for providing their bank details. .
"The inability to leave the home or the current reluctance to leave the home will increase the demand for online shopping and online services. People are searching for ways to purchase food and entertainment," said Kaspersky Security Researcher (Tatyana Sidorina). "When shopping online and other means It brings boring shopping and retailers make attractive deals and these companies try to resist deteriorating economic conditions, and this usually creates an environment suitable for cyber criminals. Positioning and delivering content delivery services under extreme pressure can slow some submissions and cause some people to find other ways to access content online. ""
There are many ways to attract users to phishing sites. In most cases, despite all the efforts made by the participants, users can be redirected to them from unknown websites or fraudulent emails and from search engines. Visit these sites. These engines can reduce the ability of scammers to include false pages through so-called arbitrary indexing and the use of black SEO tools that can use prohibited or unauthorized methods to improve the position of websites in search results, including misleading searches. Content websites, Tasje J, and the user request access to the top of the search results and make the Black SEO tool invisible to the user, but not regarding the main part of the page indexed by the search engine, which is not related to the user.
"Broadcasting and e-commerce services are a good thing during the strict health isolation phase because they provide us with the basic needs of entertainment. So stay away from movies, attractive games and other content. With free purchases" authoritative official sources of these services can make users vulnerable to attack and exploitation by Cyber criminals, so users should be patient and insist on using known official broadcast resources. "
Kaspersky recommends users to watch movies, shop online, open emails to e-merchants and do the following:
- Commit to using a trusted source, i.e. a service that users subscribe to, instead of a random source, by checking the URL format or typing the company name, knowing that the fake website can look like a real website, but regardless of who checks it, Will. Look for subtle differences.
- Please avoid saving your credit card details when paying.
- Beware of transactions that are very attractive because they are generally fraudulent.
- Enter the URL manually in the web browser to verify the alleged transaction without clicking the link in the email.
- Use unique and complex passwords for each electronic account.
- Use a reliable security solution, such as Kaspersky Internet Security, which provides advanced protection for Mac systems, personal computers and mobile devices.