News

Latest news about B2B cyber security >>> PR agencies: add us to your mailing list - see contact! >>> Book an exclusive PartnerChannel for your news!

Technical telephone fraud targets end users and SMEs
AvastNews

Millions of attacks by "technical telephone fraud" in Germany. Avast blocked 2,2 million attack attempts in one year alone and warns of the dangers. Fraudsters are particularly targeting end users and SMEs. Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy solutions, warns of a continuing wave of tech phone fraud. The cybersecurity experts have recognized and blocked over 2,2 million attempts at the fraud scheme in Germany in the past twelve months. Information on the PC attracts the support hotline There are two types of technical telephone fraud: On the one hand, fraudsters call consumers directly ...

Read more

Illegal financial transactions are increasing
Illegal financial transactions are increasing

Illegal financial transactions: Cybercriminals take over customer accounts up 20 percent. In 2020, every second fraudulent transaction in finance and e-commerce was a successful takeover of a customer account by cyber criminals. According to anonymized international statistics recorded by the Kaspersky Fraud Prevention solution in the period from January to December 2020, the proportion of such incidents rose from 34 percent in 2019 to 54 percent in 2020. The Kaspersky experts see two main approaches among cybercriminals to gain the trust of potential victims: the supposed savior ...

Read more

Scams threaten over 60 percent of users
Kaspersky_news

Attempted fraud: Two thirds of users in Germany will be affected in 2020. Cyber ​​criminals use publicly available information to appear legitimate. 87 percent of scam attempts are made via email. Victims lose an average of 46,65 euros. Fraud attempts (scams) via e-mail, social media or telephone are still current, as a Kaspersky survey now shows. Almost two thirds (64 percent) of those surveyed in Germany experienced an attempt at scam this year - and the fraudsters are targeting their victims' data and money as always. Users often do it to cybercriminals with freely accessible information ...

Read more