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06/14/2016
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Event organizers are also targets. Public Wi-fi city are unprotected
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The 53 days of the Olympic Games, have been found 230 malicious websites with the name "2016" on the web. According to analysis of Kaspersky Lab, a producer of security software, many of the fields are used for selling fake tickets and the implementation of scams in Internet.
With monitoring since last year, the sites are registered as "Rio2016" have the most common practice phising against Internet users.
Phishing is a technique in which cybercriminals send emails or create a page on social networks from a known brand - for the Olympics - to trick users and obtain personal information.
According to Kaspersky Lab, so far, the most popular phishing attack uses the name of a credit card company and promises free tickets from the games.
Organizers are also targets
In addition to tourists, criminals also target the organizers of the event. "Last February found an attack directed to officials of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB)," says Fabio Assolini, a security researcher.
The fake domain "intranetrio2016.com" was created to steal the credentials of the event workers. To access it, the employee needed to do a login and thus enter your password.
Wi-Fi unprotected public
Another focus of cybercriminals during the Olympic Games is the Wi-Fi network in public places. They make up false access points or undertake authentic wireless networks to handle connections from users. Thus, it is possible to easily access personal data, passwords and credit cards.
Recently, experts from Kaspersky Lab monitored for two days the Wi-Fi networks in five locations that will be moved during the event: Olympic Park, Maracanã, COB, Maracanãzinho and Engenhão Stadium. Of the 4,500 points of access located, 810 are unsafe - that is, they are not protected by encryption.
Knowing this fact, the consumer's attention is essential to click on links, emails, and mainly provide passwords and data of questionable reliability sites. Moreover, it is essential to check the website address before any action, not to fall into traps. You find official information on the 2016 Olympic Games site.
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