Privacy, phishing and scams – oh my. Here's
what cybercriminals have been up to the past quarter.
TEMPE,
Ariz. and PRAGUE,
Oct. 18,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton
Labs, the global research team at NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:
NLOK), today released its quarterly Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse
Report, detailing the top consumer cybersecurity threats and
insights from July through September
2022. Leveraging the company's global threat telemetry, the
report includes an analysis of the most recent ways cybercriminals
are putting privacy and security at risk.
Norton Labs analyzed recent
attacks on top companies that were compromised through stolen login
credentials. While these campaigns aimed to steal the information
that could later be monetized against victims, the goal was to
undermine the trusted technologies used to send automated emails,
authentication codes, and an entire company's single sign-on.
"Cybercriminals have become experts at catching one-time codes
used in most two-factor authentication and they know that by
undermining the systems that send the codes, their efforts are even
more effective," said Jeff Nathan,
Technical Director and Researcher, NortonLifeLock. "Consumers
should use FIDO U2F tokens everywhere they can as they aren't
susceptible to these phishing attacks."
Cybercriminals are also turning to scam e-shops offering
electronics, jewelry, clothes, and everything in between to lure
victims. According to the FTC, there were 397,826 reports of online
shopping fraud in 2021, totaling $392
million in losses. These sites often seem legitimate with
polished storefronts, positive reviews, ties to social media
accounts and more. However, once you place an order, you may
receive a counterfeit item or nothing at all. Norton Labs warns shoppers to watch out for
prices that may be too good to be true, be wary of sites that
request unusual payment-processing methods and to beware of social
media ads and unsolicited messages. Using a URL lookup tool like
Norton Safe Web can also let shoppers know if a site is
already known to be a malicious/scam domain.
Another alarming discovery from Norton
Labs is that 80 percent of websites share search terms with
advertisers either accidentally or deliberately. Trackers can gain
information from website visits, such as a user's IP address, the
website's content, domain and more. This offers third parties a
user's search terms which can include sensitive information like
medical concerns or family and legal situations. Advertisers may
then use these characteristics to target ads in unexpected or
potentially uncomfortable ways.
Behind the Data
From July through September 2022,
Norton thwarted over 750 million threats, or around 8 million
threats per day. Norton blocked:
- 25.2 million phishing attempts
- 103.7 million file threats
- 330 thousand mobile threats
- 63 thousand ransomware attacks
- Over 1 billion trackers and fingerprinting scripts blocked by
Norton AntiTrack
For more information and Cyber Safety guidance, visit the Norton
Internet Security Center.
About NortonLifeLock
Inc.
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK) is a global leader in
consumer Cyber Safety, protecting and empowering people to live
their digital lives safely. We are the consumer's trusted ally in
an increasingly complex and connected world. Learn more about how
we're transforming Cyber Safety at www.NortonLifeLock.com.
Jenna
Torluemke
|
Audra
Proctor
|
NortonLifeLock
Inc.
|
Edelman for
NortonLifeLock Inc.
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Jenna.Torluemke@nortonlifelock.com
|
Audra.Proctor@edelman.com
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