Special celebrations move our emotions as FIFA World Cup, football is a worldwide passion for kids and adults. Hackers are not the exception; they are following closely this event and take advantage to expand their criminals’ attacks.
The Brazilian soccer coach Dunga, who was given a black eye by an angry fan, has been used as a fishhook to break into emails and extract information for banking fraud, through a junk email which looks like a Brazilian newspaper with links to corrupt websites.
On the other hand, different companies modify their logo or website appearance to be part of the global football celebration, occasion that are used for cyber criminals for phishing, then they redirect the original website into others fake but alike websites. There are few days left for the world cup end, but we should be alert because the malware arise to get more victims.
What to do?
- Install anti-spam software, I recommend SpamJadoo validated by IBM.
- Don't give your email address deliberately, check privacy policy if you are going to subscribe to any website or newsletter.
- Don't click links in spam messages, even open it if you don’t know the sender.
- Be alert and watch details, usually fake websites can have for ex. grammars mistakes or different colors.
Feel free to contact me for more information to avoid becoming a victim of phishing or exchange info.
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