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Spam and phishing in 2022

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Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes.

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Spam and phishing in Q2 2021

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A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Investments and public property scams.

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Spam and phishing in Q3 2021

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Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Scam: get it yourself, share with friends. million redirects to phishing pages. If previously they were dominated by IT topics (problems with Windows, suspicious activity on the computer, etc.), Quarterly highlights. Q3 2021 also featured several F1 Grand Prix races.

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Spam and phishing in 2021

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Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. This means the person who completes the full task not only gives the scammers money, but also recommends the scam to people in their list of contacts. Trends of the year.

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Spam and phishing in Q1 2021

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Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. The link redirected them to a phishing page requesting their Microsoft account credentials. Quarterly highlights.

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The Most Common Types of Malware in 2021

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Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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FBI Warns Against 'Juice Jacking' at Public Charging Stations

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According to an FBI "Scams and Safety" brief , which also discusses system and data protection and protecting money information: Be careful when connecting to a public Wi-Fi network and do not conduct any sensitive transactions, including purchases, when on a public network.