Cyber criminals lurk, 365 days a year, and no never miss opportunity to use a big party on profits. So for the upcoming Halloween celebration, do not be fooled by a new online scams and be careful when you intend to "trick or treat. "
The team of researchers from Trend Micro provides that among the most common scams or a scam to trick users to steal confidential information will include:
1. Scareware: it is the software dangerous is meant to scare you and make you do something stupid or making mistakes. Usually, this is an application that uses social engineering techniques to provoke state of anxiety in the user and immediately offer a solution.
So, a tactic that cybercriminals often resort is to use pop-ups with dire warnings and dramatic, you know that your computer has been infected.
Clicking on the window to download "Security software" or visit advertiser site, eventually you download to your PC you are a virus.
2. Halloween funny video, if you receive email with a link to watch the video, only no. Above all, if not personally know the sender or not from the source reliable.
3. Do not become a victim of theft site identity. Limit the number of personal informationyou post on social networking make sure you are using a connection safe for online shopping, and not use passwords that can be found with ease.
This is recommended as one way best to protect yourself from these scams and Another, using the software security that blocks access to sites dangerous, filter e-mail and, moreover, avoiding identity theft.
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