Santander warns against false Facebook ads
Cybercriminals send the clients of the Santander bank fake entries advertising alleged cash bonuses. Fraudsters are tempting on Facebook “gift” in the amount of PLN 800 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bank and encourage you to click the attached link. “However, the real goal of this campaign is Data and money extortion from users ” – he warns bank.
How does this fraud work?
After going to the page which It resembles a real service Internet banking, the user is asked about Entering the login and password to the account. The next step is to pass authorization code from SMS messages. However, in fact, the data goes to the hands of cyber criminals who can log in to the victim's account and make unauthorized transactions.
How to protect yourself?
Santander appeals to customers to always verify the source of informationespecially in social media, do not provide your data and report suspicious entries on Facebook and others social sites. If in doubt change the password as soon as possible To banking, inform the bank about the situation and check if there have been unauthorized transactions.
Warning against phishing campaign
The Computer Security Response Team (CSIRT) warned on Wednesday, June 4 before the phishing campaign distributed through the message SMS, impersonating the cooperative banking group (SGB). Fraudsters in the content of the message inform about the alleged necessity of authorization, but in fact cybercriminals extort clients' login certificates on dangerous pages. “Be careful and remember to thoroughly verify the address of the page on which you are located” – wrote CSIRT.
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