Netskope warns of a possible increase in phishing scams after the Central Bank reported the leak of data from over 25,000 Pix keys. Although the financial institution has stated in a note about the official means of communication with the affected users, it is estimated that more people will fall for scams of this nature in the coming days
Criminals often exploit incidents like this to carry out social engineering attacks, aiming to obtain other personal and financial data from the victims. According to therecent report from Netskope Threat Labs, the financial services sector faces significant risks from phishing and malware, with 4,7 out of 1.000 users clicking on phishing links and 9,8 out of 1.000 users accessing other malicious links monthly
To prevent frauds, the users – both domestic, how much corporate – should double their attention to suspicious messages, always verify the authenticity of requests for personal and confidential information, as well as the authenticity of the websites and applications they will access, and keep security devices and software updated
