Coronavirus pandemic among other fatalities
has triggered spurt in cyberattacks. Cyber criminals are exploiting the
COVID-19 outbreak as an opportunity to use digital fraud techniques to steal
funds of people by claiming to have important updates or encouraging donations,
impersonating trustworthy organizations etc.
Basically, in the world of Internet, we are
all at risk and at the same time we are also a risk to others. This kind of
scenario is keeping everybody guessing as cyber frauds have become order of the
day. The risk of stealing credentials of the browser is widespread which the
fraudsters then use for everything from finance fraud to outright identity
theft.
So, in a scenario like this, we can at
least protect ourselves from others. However, the most important task is to
protect ourselves from our own actions. A most common advice on protecting
yourself against the cyber frauds is to have a better understanding of what the
online threats are. Even as measures are in place and are continuously being
upgraded to insulate browsers against cyber frauds, the social engineers prove
too fast in innovating new online techniques to defraud people.
Mostly these…
