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2020: The Year of Fake News, Covid-19 Scams and Ransomware | Antivirus Software

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The past year has been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic which affects the whole world, including the digital sphere.  who takes a look at some of the top cyber threats of 2020, found that cybercriminals are exploiting the pandemic to their advantage, by spreading scams and phishing attacks in an attempt to take advantage of individual vulnerabilities in difficult times.  Ransomware attacks have continued to proliferate this year, ruthlessly attacking healthcare facilities.  Cybercriminals then began to spread mobile adware more massively,   COVID-19 Counterfeits and Scams In addition to fake news, fake stores and malware related to COVID-19 surfaced in 2020. A number of scams have circulated designed to take advantage of people searching for information about the virus and related matters, such as the provision of masks and respirators.  has uncovered malicious ad campaigns tailored to the situation, bogus stores and products, such as remedies and drugs for the v...

5 Tips for Identifying Fake News |complete Security

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                            Fake News We live in an era when people readily dismiss any information that they prefer to denigrate as "fake news".  Disinformation has become a political tool and a hook to sell, defraud and intimidate.  In this context, it is not always easy to distinguish fact from fiction.  But by keeping a cool head, everyone usually manages to sort things out.  Here are 5 tips * to help you  Tip 1: Check the source of the information Whether on Facebook, Twitter or any other source, it often happens that we come across information from a web page that has never been viewed before. Before subscribing to the message and / or spreading it, it is advisable to do some research. Ask yourself the following questions: Is the information relayed by a trusted site?  Are there any other pieces of information? What does the presentation of the page or the "About" section say? Is th...