S’pore voters urged to be alert for phishing scams, cyber attacks mimicking election campaigning

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Voters are urged to watch out for scams and cyber attacks that attempt to trick them into downloading malware, the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) said in an advisory as campaigning for the presidential election kicked off on Tuesday. Such threats could surface with the

Users should only download apps from official sources and pay attention to the security permissions required by the app – such as asking for permissions that are unnecessary to the app’s function.

CSA added: “This stance should not change even if the purported sender of the e-mail or message is from an election candidate or political party.” The advisory was released shorty after presidential candidates Ng Kok Song, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tan Kin LianThe three men, who are vying to become Singapore’s ninth president,with a Cooling-off Day on Aug 31 and Polling Day on Sept 1.

In screenshots seen by The Straits Times, Mr Tan’s followers were alerted in a Telegram channel to a fraudulent page mimicking his campaign donation site, with a QR code to collect donations.

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