Every year, the end of year holidays announce the upsurge of fraudulent e-mails mass campaigns. Indeed, cybercriminals try to profit from these periods when the vigilance is sometimes lowering, to launch phishing e-mails. What are phishing and slamming? Phishing is used by cybercriminals to obtain personal information in order to commit an identity theft. In the world of phishing (for 73% of companies this is the main entry vector for attacks in 2021), the slammi... Read More
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Slamming: a scam still too common
The slamming is a fraud aiming to deceive companies in order to sell by emails unsolicited services for domain names. These slamming attempts are easily recognizable and play on their contacts lack of knowledge in some cases. The slammers propose services that you didn’t solicit with your official registrar (registration, whois’update, owner or registrar transfer…) at high prices. These emails are sources of anxiety and lead you to take a quick decision. For example, a standard slamming emai... Read More
