Cybercriminals Active During Christmas, New Year: TGCSB
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Cybercriminals Active During Christmas, New Year: TGCSB

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Christmas and New Year season could bring delightful moments; but the entire season could go for a toss if you unsuspectingly click unverified gift and greetings links from SMSes, WhatsApp messages and social media posts, said Telangana Cyber Security Bureau. The bureau urged the people not to click any unknown links as cybercriminals have planned to target people with dubious Christmas and New Year gift vouchers and gift links. Once victims click these links, their phones would be infected with dangerous malware, which will collect the data of victims and take control of their digital banking,” a TGCSB official explained. “You need to be very careful with any messages that say “You are our dear customer.”, “Merry Christmas to You.”, "Wish your loved ones a Merry Christmas with your photo and name through this link."

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