Internet can be a boon during MCO but beware of hackers

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CORONAVIRUS | Due to the spike in Internet usage, black hat hackers are using their skills to obtain data from users and companies.

| Internet connectivity can be both a boon and a bane to those who are restricted from going out and doing their normal daily activities during the movement control order period.

Phishing is a cybercrime in which the target is contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure the individual into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords. On video conferencing, it said that most video teleconferencing providers have already enhanced their applications according to security reports as evaluated by security practitioners.

This is an important reminder, as thousands of people worldwide have reported that their data had been stolen and company security had been breached via a free video-conferencing application, Zoom. Besides video conferencing issues, malicious mobile applications have also sprouted out like mushrooms, using phishing to capitalise on people’s need to access government agencies to obtain information on the Covid-19 situation as well as the aid being disbursed.

 

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