New Delhi : Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 5,000 pandemic-related phishing websites have surfaced, designed to steal users’ credentials via fake payment offers and discounted Covid tests, among others.
Recently, phishing ads for fake QR codes and vaccination certificates for restaurants and public events have become popular.
According to cyber security firm Kaspersky, from March 2020 to July 2021, it has prevented over a million user attempts to visit such phishing websites.
Pandemic-related scamming activity peaked in March 2021.
Kaspersky researchers observed a slight decline in June, before cybercriminals intensified their efforts.
Also Read Tesla pushes new Full Self-Driving Beta update During this month, Kaspersky products detected and blocked 14 per cent more pandemic-related phishing websites than they did in May.
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