Cyber fraud skyrockets
This is an increase of 26% compared to 710 million cyber attacks in 2023. According to research from cybersecurity experts, the number of attacks increased sharply during the tourist season from May to July.
At this stage, cybercriminals often use scams, targeting tourists with fake air tickets and booking hotel rooms, fake tours and "attractive" promotions to an unbelievable level.
Experts have recorded a series of online scams aimed at stealing data, money and distributing malware.
In 2024, cybercriminals will often fake the website interfaces of famous brands such as Booking, Airbnb, TikTok, Telegram and many other platforms. For example, one of the ongoing fraud campaigns targeting users on TikTok Shop, scammers create fake login pages to steal the seller's account information. In addition, they also take advantage of news trends to staging fraud scenarios...
In addition, cybercriminals still use scams such as taking advantage of fake images of celebrities to promote valuable gift-giving programs. In fact, these gifts were never delivered to the recipient. This trend is expected to continue to be used by criminals in 2025.
Junk letters and toxic email campaigns
According to Kaspersky data, in 2024, a total of more than 125 million attachments containing malicious content were discovered in emails of both individual and corporate users.
Experts found that cybercriminals have used a variety of tactics in email campaigns targeting businesses. They often send emails with password-protected files containing malicious code, or attach SVG images disguised as a harmless graphics file, along with many other forms of fraud.
To lure victims into toxic content, they seek to forge court summons, attractive transactions, forge official notices and many other forms.
On average, one email sent to a business thu is a waste letter for every two emails sent to the business thu, accounting for 47% of the total number of emails sent/received globally, an increase of 1.27% over the previous year. Although junk books can contain many different email threats, including the above-mentioned forms of fraud, junk books are not always toxic, but they are mainly unwanted advertising.
According to experts, the last year's business waste letter mostly contained advertisements for AI solutions, online seminars, online promotion services, follow-up programs and many other forms.
To avoid falling victim to fraud attacks and malicious messages, Kaspersky experts recommend:
- Only open the email and click on the link from a trusted sender.
- If the sender's information is legal but the email content seems suspicious, verify by contacting the sender via another channel.
- If you suspect a fraudulent website, check the description of the URL carefully. Forged pages often contain easily confusing characters, such as $1 instead of the "I" or "0" instead of the "O".
- Use a reliable security solution when browsing the web. By integrating international threat intelligence data sources, these solutions can detect and prevent junk letters as well as fraud campaigns.
