Catphishing belongs to the family of Phishing attacks. Hackers try to scam their victims, by pretending to be someone else. For this, they use stolen pictures and information or just build a fictional identity.
How does catphishing work?
As it is a type of phishing…
Sextortion is a type of attack that belongs to the big ransomware family. As you might know, this means that hackers use their knowledge and skills to breach your devices. Then, they encrypt your files, and ask for a ransom, to unlock them.
But, of course, paying the…
A lot of phishing and hacking attempts are based on what’s the most trending thing on the Internet. Perpetrators and online scammers use celebrities and big events for phishing attacks in order to exploit users.
Now, it’s important to understand how phishing…
Phishing, in practice consists of email containing URLs (links) to doubtful domains. How do we avoid phishing via tricky domains? How can we spot them?
For instance, you receive an email (promting you to verify your account by providing any of the following: name…
