November, the end of the year is approaching. The cold has already become a regular in our days and in the calendar there are more and more days in red. Yes, the Christmas season is approaching, but first you have to go through the famous Black Friday.
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Thursday, is a tradition imported from the United States in which stores make great discounts and promotions.
Many people look forward to this time of sales with great emotion: merchants to see their sales increase, customers to buy things at a good price and cybercriminals to try to scam the more people, better.
This period is characterized by the rise of cibedelincuencia. It is estimated that the attacks of phishing (identity theft of legitimate entities to steal data, especially financial) grow a 9% in this last quarter of the year with respect to the rest.
Since Intec We give you some tips to avoid being victims of online fraud:
- Do not click on links from unknown people. Also be careful with the links of your friends or family, as there are tools that share infected links on your behalf without them knowing.
- Be careful when entering your data on suspicious-looking sites, even more so if they are bank details (card numbers, security codes, etc.).
- Always check the web address (URL) of the pages you access, since although the aesthetics are identical to the original, may be a impersonation. An example that could lead you to mislead: Amazon / Annazon. As you can see, the second case at first glance could go unnoticed, but it would be a forgery.