Cyber crooks they don’t leave any space when they found any opportunity knocks the door. The recent poll driven state in Kerala and the similar type of activities are expected in other states too, is expected to have a huge phishing attacks that are disguised as surveys to penetrate users’ digital devices.
Cyber experts have identified phishing attacks intended to penetrate the mobile phone or computer of the person taking part in the survey. Technisanct , a cyber security firm based out of Kochi had conducted a detailed analysis of links claiming to be a part of the election survey that revealed a phishing attempt made by cyber fraudsters. The election-themed phishing was busted after analysing two links http://voting2021.todayoffers.xyz/ and http://voting2021.mallutech.xyz. For luring participants, a mobile phone is offered as a gift.
Both the links are using the same IP address from two different domains. Analysis proved that it could be a phishing attack that would finally end up with the attacker taking control of the participant’s smartphone device using malware. Once the link is clicked and the poll is completed, it will lead to a page which prompts the participant to reshare the link to another five people via WhatsApp,” Nandakishore Harikumar, CEO, Technisanct said
The police to face a big challenge in the coming days due to the money or data loss. An officer with Cyber Dome of Kerala Police said that they are alert about such phishing activities during election time. “We have put some bogus survey links under surveillance. Once a complaint is received, a case will be registered by the police and steps will be taken to book them,” a police officer said.
