A new research study from software firm Veritas Technologies has found that consumers overwhelmingly believe businesses should stand up to hackers and refuse to pay ransoms.
The overwhelming type of digital fraud in logistics was shipping fraud wherein criminals typically take over a customer’s account but don’t change the shipping address in order to avoid detection. Once the package has shipped, they intercept it at the carrier website and change the shipping address.
Ironically, the research also found out that more than one-fifth of the users are still willing to sacrifice their privacy to gain a product or a service for free.
Researchers from Unit 42 said they have been able to identify two risky Covid-related domains in the Philippines: covid19qpass.hopto.org and fcovid.ph.
This can be due to the fact that DDoS actors are taking advantage of the current situation when people are locked down in their homes and are heavily reliant on digital resources.