online shopping campaigns, promising massive offers of more than 50 companies, generating the interest of hundreds of people. But hackers exploit these dates to defraud, it is expected that during these two days about 30 million soles to move in shopping.
According to security firm Kaspersky Lab, during 2015 by 40 % and 70% of people have enjoyed the ease of shopping online, and 50% have implemented security software on their computers, tablets and smartphones.
However, Kaspersky Lab found that 58% of people entering malicious sites designed to steal without realizing it. He also revealed that to receive a suspicious email, one in 10 people is ready to open the attachment without confirming than malicious.
“Cybercrime is big business and is taking money Pocket directly online shoppers. The fight against global cybercrime cost about $ 400 million a year in regard to law enforcement agencies, “says Dmitry Bestuzhev, director of the Research and Analysis Team for Kaspersky Lab United States.
” The attacks are specially prepared (at this time) because usually talk about discounts, promotions or conversely, excessive charges and erroneous charges; everything that could interest people to click on malicious links, “he says.
Then we leave the recommendations that you should take into account when buying online.
safer purchase
1. Make sure the URL begins with “https: / /” and check the validity of the certificate giving click the lock icon, located in the address bar. The certificate must be valid and in the name of the website you are visiting.
2. Use preferably long passwords, combining numbers, letters and special symbols such as “@ #!” As well you reduce the chances of a hacker to guess the key. Also, do not use the same password for two or more sites on the Internet.
3. Use only one credit card for all your online shopping and monitors transactions. If possible, enable the bank automatic SMS notification for each transaction.
4 . Do not enter sensitive financial information into pop-up or suspicious emails from unknown or windows. Please check always the domain you’re visiting. If you see that before the .com, .net, or other .pe above a different original domain, then this is malicious page.
5. Make sure you have updated security software and perform scanning / routine checks.
6. Buyer from mobile or tablets, install a security application to ensure that your transactions are protected.
7. Make sure you are connected to wireless networks known and avoids public. If the use of a public network is inevitable, uses a VPN to encrypt all traffic between your device and the web pages.
important data
99% of samples malware Current aimed at mobile devices were developed to attack the Android operating system.
37 million users worldwide were victims of scams during 2015.
66% of users use simple passwords. The word “PASSWORD” and “123456″ are the two keys most used in the world.
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