Abu Dhabi Digital warns against clicking on suspicious links

Misspellings and general phrases reveal phishing scams

Abu Dhabi Digital warned against dealing with suspicious messages.

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The Abu Dhabi Digital Authority warned against phishing via e-mail and attacks that are carried out using social engineering, and aim to seize the personal and financial data of individuals, noting that there are indications that reveal hackers’ attempts, including spelling errors in the content of fraud messages, as well as the use of general words such as dear customer and others.

In detail, the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority stated that it is sometimes difficult to detect a fraudulent phishing process via e-mail, stressing the importance of paying attention to four indicators of an e-mail phishing process, and being careful of them to stay safe from these attacks, the first is spelling and e-mail format, because errors The spelling reflects the professionalism of the sender, and the second is the address of the suspicious sender, as it must always be verified and verified that the sender’s e-mail address is correct, and the third is the use of general welcome phrases and formulas in the content of the messages. Mail contains calls to action or share information without explanation. You should think before doing so.

The authority advised individuals to follow seven instructions to protect themselves from cyberattack, on the grounds that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility and caution must be taken to protect against social engineering attacks, demanding not to provide strangers with personal information, verifying the identity of the caller and sender, not allowing a stranger to connect to the network, and avoid sharing information online. Social media platforms, do not click on email links from unknown sources, use a paper shredder for printed documents, enable multi-factor authentication, and block pop-ups in your private browser.

She pointed out that social engineering attacks are an increasing problem for individuals and companies, noting that the best way to avoid them is to raise awareness about the most common types of social engineering attacks, and learn how to spot them before they happen.

The authority pointed out that a cyber attacker may target a company or business entity by hacking into an employee's device, warning against leaving private information and data unprotected.

Social engineering attacks affect work, and their effects include loss of revenue due to service disruption, loss of customer confidence in the service, decrease in market value, leakage of information and data, and a decrease in service quality during the downtime.

And it showed the way in which social engineering attackers succeed in penetrating the system of individuals, as the attackers benefit and rely on many tools, strategies and platforms in their attempt to penetrate, and identifying their tricks is the first step towards protection.

She explained a set of new tricks, including phishing via e-mail, including sending an e-mail asking to click on a link to obtain sensitive information, phishing by phone when a hacker pretends to be from a trusted and official party to obtain information, and phishing with bait as the hacker exploits the element of curiosity. In humans, SMS fraud is when a hacker uses SMS or social media to trick the recipient into specific actions to obtain personal information.

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Abu Dhabi Digital Authority reports that cyber attackers deceitfully make their way into the lives of individuals by relying on a manipulation strategy called social engineering, which is a manipulation technique that relies on human interaction to deceive you and steal data and money.

And a basic rule in cybersecurity confirmed that even while communicating with relatives, it must be sure to check any suspicious messages that contain links.

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