Between May 1-11, the postal antispam system prevented more than 44 million letters, including the fake addresses of the senders. This is stated in the press release received by Gazette.
Compared to the same period last year, the activity of fraudsters increased by 19%, which shows that the attacks continue using the Sputfing method.
Slubfing is a method of fraud that attackers replaced the sender’s address and masked them for someone else. The purpose of such attacks is to obtain personal data or financial benefits of users.
“An increase in the number of attacks indicates the indisputable interest of cyber criminals in social engineering and financial plans. Since 2016, we have been one of the few DMARC policies to protect users. The protocol allows you to effectively prevent a field fraud and fraudulent attacks. SPAM-Analysis Team President, Analysis of the mail.
Developers are constantly improving machine learning algorithms to protect users from scammers. They regularly teach models on new fraudulent letters, and thanks to artificial intelligence, suspicious mails are perceived and prevented even before entering the “incoming” user.
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Source: Gazeta
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