{"id":475000,"date":"2022-07-17T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T12:55:41","slug":"new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"#New email scams even fool cybersecurity experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297dc40fe31\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297dc40fe31\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/#%E2%80%9CNew_email_scams_even_fool_cybersecurity_experts%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New email scams even fool cybersecurity experts&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/#Thanks_for_joining_us\" >Thanks for joining us!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/#Human_tendencies\" >Human tendencies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-email-scams-even-fool-cybersecurity-experts\/#How_to_protect_yourself\" >How to protect yourself<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_email_scams_even_fool_cybersecurity_experts%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New email scams even fool cybersecurity experts&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            We all like to think we\u2019re immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us \u00a32 million, in exchange for our bank details. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> has changed and con artists have developed new, chilling tactics. They are taking the personal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach and scouring the internet for all the details they can find about us.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers are getting so good at it that even\u00a0cybersecurity experts are taken in.<\/p>\n<p>One of us (Oliver Buckley) recalls that in 2018 he received an email from the pro-vice chancellor of his university.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is it, I thought. I\u2019m finally getting recognition from the people at the top. Something wasn\u2019t right, though. Why was the pro-vice chancellor using his Gmail address? I asked how I could meet. He needed me to buy \u00a3800 worth of iTunes gift cards for him, and all I needed to do was scratch off the back and send him the code. Not wanting to let him down, I offered to pop down to his PA\u2019s office and lend him the \u00a35 note I had in my wallet. But I never heard back from him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thanks_for_joining_us\"><\/span>Thanks for joining us!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>See the highlights of TNW Conference 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The infamous \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bettermarketing.pub\/who-are-all-these-nigerian-princes-97a21a63345c?gi=85c107c60695\">prince of Nigeria<\/a>\u201d emails are falling out of fashion. Instead, scammers are scouring <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, especially business-related ones like LinkedIn, to target people with tailored messages. The strength of a relationship between two people can be measured by inspecting their posts and comments to each other. In the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/phishing-linkedin-accounts-jumped-1st-quarter-2022-don-smith\">first quarter of 2022<\/a>, LinkedIn accounted for 52% of all phishing scams globally.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Human_tendencies\"><\/span>Human tendencies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Psychologists who research <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehrlandscape.com.au\/obedience-to-authority-a-workplace-study\/\">obedience to authority<\/a> know we are more likely to respond to requests from people higher up in our social and professional hierarchies. And fraudsters know it too.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers don\u2019t need to spend much time researching corporate structures. \u201cI\u2019m at the conference and my phone ran out of credit. Can you ask XXX to send me report XXX?\u201d runs a typical scam message.<\/p>\n<p>Data from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/transparencyreport.google.com\/safe-browsing\/overview?unsafe=dataset:1;series:malware,phishing;start:1579219200000;end:1611791999999&amp;lu=unsafe\">Google Safe Browsing<\/a> shows there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites on the internet. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/terranovasecurity.com\/2020-gpt-report\/?utm_campaign=En_GPTReport2020&amp;utm_medium=Google&amp;utm_source=Ads&amp;utm_content=NewAd3&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw6fCCBhBNEiwAem5SO8oIgjFVtVzMA5pg-uSkRAho6S356pspA4bY3FBFk9FXCKW0Ksq-ExoCsHEQAvD_BwE\">Almost 20%<\/a> of all employees are likely to click on phishing email links, and, of those, a staggering 68% go on to enter their credentials on a phishing website.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/statistics\/spam-statistics\/\">Globally<\/a>, email spam cons cost businesses nearly US$20 billion (\u00a317 billion) every year. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bdo.co.uk\/en-gb\/rethink\/business-issues\/strategy-operations\/has-covid-19-made-your-business-more-vulnerable-to-corporate-fraud\">Business consultant and tax auditor BDO\u2019s research<\/a> found that six out of ten mid-sized businesses in the UK were victims of fraud in 2020, suffering average losses of \u00a3245,000.<\/p>\n<p>Targets are normally chosen based on their rank, age or social status. Sometimes, spamming is part of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ingentaconnect.com\/content\/hsp\/jbcep\/2014\/00000007\/00000002\/art00003\">coordinated cyber attack<\/a> against a specific organization so targets are selected if they work or have connections to this organization.<\/p>\n<p>Fraudsters are using spam bots to engage with victims who respond to the initial hook email. The bot uses recent information from LinkedIn and other social media platforms to gain the victim\u2019s trust and lure them into giving valuable information or transferring money. This started over the last two to three years with the addition of chatbots to websites to increase interactions with customers. Recent examples include the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/news\/article\/watch-out-for-this-royal-mail-chatbot-scam-a88SQ8G3SvRd\">Royal Mail chatbot scam<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trustwave.com\/en-us\/resources\/blogs\/spiderlabs-blog\/interactive-phishing-using-chatbot-like-web-applications-to-harvest-information\/\">DHL Express<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trustwave.com\/en-us\/resources\/blogs\/spiderlabs-blog\/interactive-phishing-mark-ii-messenger-chatbot-leveraged-in-a-new-facebook-themed-spam\/\">Facebook Messenger<\/a>. Unfortunately for the public, many companies offer free and paid services to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviano.com\/blog\/best-free-chatbot-tools.html\">build a chatbot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And more technical solutions are available for scammers these days to conceal their identities such as using anonymous communication channels or fake IP addresses.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/yrjT8m0hcKU\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" width=\"440\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Social media is making it easier for scammers to craft believable emails called spear phishing. The data we share every day gives fraudsters clues about our lives they can use against us. It could be something as simple as somewhere you recently visited or a website you use. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> phishing (large numbers of spam emails) this nuanced approach exploits our <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nrn2473\">tendency to attach significance<\/a> to information that has some connection to us. When we check our full inbox, we often pick out something that strikes a chord. This is referred to in psychology as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedecisionlab.com\/biases\/illusory-correlation\">the illusory correlation<\/a>: seeing things as related when they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_protect_yourself\"><\/span>How to protect yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re tempted to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/scambaiting-why-the-vigilantes-fighting-online-fraudsters-may-do-more-harm-than-good-163038\">bait email scammers, don\u2019t<\/a>. Even confirming your email address is in use can make you a target for future scams. There is also a more human element to these scams compared with the blanket bombing approach scammers have favored for the last two decades. It\u2019s eerily intimate.<\/p>\n<p>One simple way to avoid being tricked is to double-check the sender\u2019s details and email headers. Think about the information that might be out there about you, not just about what you receive and who from. If you have another means of contacting that person, do so.<\/p>\n<p>We should all be careful with our data. The rule of thumb is if you don\u2019t want someone to know it, then don\u2019t put it online.<\/p>\n<p>The more advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> gets, the easier it is to take a human approach. Video call technology and messaging apps bring you closer to your friends and family. But it\u2019s giving people who would do you harm a window into your life. So we have to use our human defenses: gut instinct. If something doesn\u2019t feel right, pay attention.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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