These days, it’s more important than ever to protect your personal data and information online, as you never want it to get into malicious hands.
Many human beings put a whole lot of their private and personal information on their devices and various websites or apps. We are living in a digital age after all, so it’s not uncommon to have things like your bank account information, license, credit card, and more on your phone. However, this means that you should be especially careful about keeping all of that information safe, but dodging common cybersecurity mistakes. Read more about two of them below.
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1. Fake Order Confirmations
Through apps or suspicious websites, or even some malware that got downloaded to your phone, you might get a spam email or two. However, when emails from addresses you don't recognize try to send you some kind of 'confirmation,' number to call, or link to click on, it's imperative that you dodge them.
"The message includes a customer service number to call if you didn't make the purchase, but that number routes to the scammers themselves," explains cybersecurity pro Angie Waller. "This is a technique known as vishing, or voice phishing, and the callback number is the trap. Once you call, the goal is either to extract personal or financial information or to walk you through reading out gift card codes to 'cancel' the transaction. The best defense is to never call a number provided in an unsolicited notification."
2. Fake Texts From Apple
Spam calls used to be one of the most popular forms of scams and cybersecurity, but now, it can come in various forms, like suspicious text messages that disguise themselves as being from important places or organizations. Some can even mimic Apple ID notifications.
"The scammer sends an extremely polished SMS or iMessage alert with a claim such as 'unrecognized login attempt made in another country,'" describes cybersecurity expert Jacob Kalvo. "The alert contains a link that appears valid upon first inspection. These links may contain slight variations on domains that resemble Apple's domain structures (e.g., appleid-verify[.]com). When you click on the link, you will be directed to a nearly perfect replica of the Apple ID Login Page. Therein lies your problem. In many instances, the scammers are utilizing both your stolen credentials and your real-time 2FA codes to obtain full control over your account. After gaining access, they lock you out of your account in a matter of minutes."
