New sophisticated threats emerge all the time. Fortunately, we have security specialists on our side to protect us from all the harm. But to stay truly safe online, you need to know what’s going on in the cybersecurity industry. Only then you will know what tools do you require to protect yourself.
Stay with us to find out why you need to have the best identity theft protection this year, and what tendencies will dominate in cybersecurity. If you were following the industry in 2019, these trends might not come as a surprise, but it’s always useful to rewind and make sure your knowledge is up to date.
Spear phishing
We all know about phishing. But it gets more advanced, just like other threats. We share a lot of information online. And hackers can easily get it merely processing out social media profiles or scraping data from some websites. Then they use the gathered details and create a very realistic message or an email based on that information. Such letters don’t look fake, and they can even follow our recent online activity.
For example, hackers might have access to the data of an e-commerce website where you’ve just made a purchase. And, say, you want to pay for it – link to the payment page will be sent in the confirmation letter. So right after you complete the order, you will receive a confirmation email. But this one will be fake and sent by hackers. You won’t notice anything suspicious and enter your credit card data. Now malefactors have your banking card details, and you weren’t aware that something was wrong.
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