According to Al Bayan newspaper, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) responded and blocked about 208,773 cyber attacks and attacks during the first five months of this year, not after it increased in recent times. Attempts to fraud, phishing, and fraud due to the Corona pandemic crisis, with the increasing demand of users to buy online and use services and electronic platforms in banks and stores to complete their transactions and purchase their needs.
According to the report, the attempts to attack included searches for security vulnerabilities, at a rate of 22%, which is software errors in the systems that can be exploited by criminals to tamper with the systems and influence them, in addition to 8% electronic phishing attacks, which is a process in which the criminal assumes the character of reliable companies or entities to trick the user into delivering his private data such as the password and bank card, through false messages or websites.
The TRA requested users to pay attention to the shortened links, which were no longer a trap by the hackers, confirming that they are working in cooperation with the telecommunications service providers in the state to ban the links of electronic fraud sites immediately. A report has been received about it, with the aim of protecting users from it.
The authority called on community members not to interact with such links and report them to the police authorities via the eCrime platform and serve the Secretary and always make sure of the content of any messages through communication with the source The official directly, confirming that she is represented by the computer emergency team, publishing educational and guidance advice to the community on these links and campaigns continuously.
