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Mobile kaspersky com1/3/2024 To help businesses stay ahead of financial threats and phishing attacks, Kaspersky recommends educating employees as they are considered the first line of cyber defence. Businesses trying to stay ahead of such evolving, complex cyberattacks should make fraud prevention a focal point to control fraud transactions, eventually reduce fraud risk in the future and avoid reputation damage.” Financial threats are one such challenge which is becoming more advanced in exploiting human behaviour and will only continue to grow. But we also need to be aware of an unprecedented wave of challenges. “So much so that our financial life is now digital. “A life without internet is strange to us,” said Emad Haffar, head of technical experts at Kaspersky. The largest share of attacks was directed at e-commerce websites (52%), with payment systems (42%) and banks (6%) following. For the same period in Nigeria a total of 61 344 financial phishing attacks aimed at organisations were detected, an increase of 79% compared to quarter one. The largest share of attacks was directed at e-commerce websites (58%), with banks (21%) and payment systems (also 21%) following. The alerts sent by the scammer can be related to loss of data, update credentials or system breakdown, which results in theft of passwords, credit card numbers, bank account details and other confidential information.Īccording to the Kaspersky telemetry, in the first quarter of 2022 a total of 100 192 financial phishing attacks aimed at organisations were detected in Kenya, a 201% increase compared to quarter one. Phishing is a type of online fraud where the scammer sends fake alerts from banks, e-pay systems and other organisations to trick consumers into sharing their financial details. Financial phishing is a deceptive way of stealing information and is gaining momentum in the region.
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