News & Reviews:   phishing

If you have been on Facebook long enough, you have probably noticed some ads with Khairul Aming’s image or other KL Malls in them. If you see them, you might want to report them and stay away from them. You might wonder, why?

Scam cases have been on the rise lately. Thankfully, the MCMC has also been very active in countering this problem. According to a minister, the government body has blocked over 3150 scam-related media online

Scams and phishing are on the rise these days. Given how advanced technology is nowadays, it can be difficult to separate between false alerts and genuine emails from your bank. That said, Maybank just released a statement regarding a fake Maybank email.

Global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, Kaspersky has revealed that Malaysia ranked 10th in the top 20 countries targeted by malicious mailings last year. In fact, in 2022, our country saw an increase of 18 million malicious email attachments from previous years.

Encrypted messaging service Signal has revealed that the personal data of its users may have been compromised after its verification services provider, Twilio Inc fell victim to a phishing attack. In a blogpost yesterday, Signal said that the phone number of 1900 users could have been revealed by the incident.

I'm sure some of you have received spam messages from unknown phone numbers. Over the weekend, the Cyber Crime Alert Royal Malaysia Police announced that there's a fake Touch 'n Go (TnG) website phishing scam going on.

When it comes to an anti-virus program, Windows Defender is often shelved to the back replaced by more favourable anti-virus programs (Avast, Avira, and others). While that may sound like a sad situation, the team behind the program probably aren't affected at all and they are excited to showcase a public preview of Microsoft Defense ATP for Android phones.

Based on a statement by techradar.com, it seems that cybercriminals are still keen on stealing information from your Zoom account information due to the sudden increase in online scams lately. The scammers send emails to unsuspecting users by requiring them to “verify” their account by keying them into a landing page that was provided in the email thread.

Boost has given their response on the RM2000+ theft, from an unfortunate user who is located in Kluang. The theft, which was carried out through the use of the Boost app had already been reported to the officials and it is currently under investigation. The response mentions that upon investigation, Boost did not encounter any security breach in their systems and reassures that everyone’s data is safe and secured.