Bank hacks, online merchandise fraud and phishing attempts have skyrocketed during COVID-19 pandemic Salmaan Farooqui Published April 14, 2021 Bookmark
When cybersecurity experts at security firm ESET wanted to better understand how people fall prey to online fraud, they decided to set up an online challenge.
Thousands of participants were given multiple examples of an online phishing scam, as well as some ordinary e-mails and texts from banks and the government. Less than one-third of them were actually able to identify which communications were scams and which were real.
At a time when more people than ever are looking online to get important information about the pandemic and vaccines, Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET, said people are at risk of their personal information being compromised.
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TORONTO Although the majority of Canadians have no plans to cut back on gift-giving this year, surveys show that holiday spending habits have shifted slightly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a recent survey by Equifax Canada, 58 per cent of respondents said they will spend about the same on holiday gifts as they did last year, with only four per cent planning to spent more, reported CTV News.
Only 33 per cent of Canadians polled said they are plan to spend less on gifts this year.
“Despite COVID-19, there’s still a good level of optimism when it comes to preparing for the holidays,” Rebecca Oakes, Equifax Canada’s AVP of Advanced Analytics, said in a press release.
Coleman Group catches cyberattack in progress that may have accessed employee files © John Gushue/CBC The Coleman Group of Companies operates grocery stores, clothing and furniture businesses.
The Coleman Group of Companies says it was the target of a cyberattack in late February and has reason to believe some of its human resources and payroll files were accessed.
According to the company, those files contain names, addresses, social insurance numbers and banking information of employees both past and present.
Greg Gill, vice-president of marketing, told CBC News the company s IT team discovered and quickly stopped the attack while it was in progress on the weekend of Feb. 20.