{"id":4591,"date":"2020-04-19T13:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T01:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2020-04-19T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T01:50:13","slug":"americans-report-us13-million-in-losses-from-coronavirus-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=4591","title":{"rendered":"Americans Report US$13 Million in Losses From Coronavirus Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\"\"<\/a>The United States\u2019 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received more than 17,000 complaints from U.S. consumers who reported total losses in excess of US$13 million from COVID-19 related scams.<\/p>\n

The crime that was reported the most was the rather broad category of fraud with 9,634 complaints, with 46.4% of them reporting a loss. It\u2019s safe to say that the official figures don\u2019t paint the whole picture, however, as many scams go unreported.<\/p>\n

We’re seeing similar issues in New Zealand, such as emails purporting to be the the World Health Organisation (WHO) asking for donations, and fake Coronavirus maps. There as even fake online shops selling non-existent face masks. In Australia, they’ve also reported fake text message alerts.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do<\/h2>\n

All of the advice comes back to the basics – the main risk we see is that while your business PC might be well protected, the same is not necessarily true of a home PC that you might be using during the lock down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more important than ever to remain vigilant and verify everything, even if it appears to be on the up and up at first glance.<\/p>\n

With KARE for Security<\/a>, Kinetics can also help educate your employees about cyber threats such as phishing. Kinetics can help defend against hackers and data thieves. We can help you with strong firewalls, implement sound password policies, update SSL Certificates and put data encryption mechanisms in place, and we can now extend these to support home PCs.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2020\/04\/14\/us13-million-losses-coronavirus-scams\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cert.govt.nz\/individuals\/alerts\/attackers-using-covid-19-themed-scams-updated-alert\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/411356\/cyber-criminals-taking-advantage-of-covid-19-coronavirus<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.ncsc.govt.nz\/newsroom\/covid-19-useful-cybersecurity-resources\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/advice\/covid-19-protecting-your-small-business<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States\u2019 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received more than 17,000 complaints from U.S. consumers who reported total losses in excess of US$13 million from COVID-19 related scams. The crime that was reported the most was the rather broad category of fraud with 9,634 complaints, with 46.4% of them reporting a loss. It\u2019s safe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\"\"<\/a>The United States\u2019 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received more than 17,000 complaints from U.S. consumers who reported total losses in excess of US$13 million from COVID-19 related scams.\n\nThe crime that was reported the most was the rather broad category of fraud with 9,634 complaints, with 46.4% of them reporting a loss. It\u2019s safe to say that the official figures don\u2019t paint the whole picture, however, as many scams go unreported.\n\nWe're seeing similar issues in New Zealand, such as emails purporting to be the the World Health Organisation (WHO) asking for donations, and fake Coronavirus maps. There as even fake online shops selling non-existent face masks. In Australia, they've also reported fake text message alerts.\n\n[header2 text=\"What You Can Do\" align=\"left\" color=\"#336A40<\/span>\" margintop=\"\"]\n\n[wow_colorme]All of the advice comes back to the basics - the main risk we see is that while your business PC might be well protected, the same is not necessarily true of a home PC that you might be using during the lock down<\/strong>.[\/wow_colorme]\n\nIt\u2019s more important than ever to remain vigilant and verify everything, even if it appears to be on the up and up at first glance.\n\nWith KARE for Security<\/a>, Kinetics can also help educate your employees about cyber threats such as phishing. Kinetics can help defend against hackers and data thieves. We can help you with strong firewalls, implement sound password policies, update SSL Certificates and put data encryption mechanisms in place, and we can now extend these to support home PCs.\n\nReferences<\/strong>\n\nhttps:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2020\/04\/14\/us13-million-losses-coronavirus-scams\/<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.cert.govt.nz\/individuals\/alerts\/attackers-using-covid-19-themed-scams-updated-alert\/<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/411356\/cyber-criminals-taking-advantage-of-covid-19-coronavirus<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.ncsc.govt.nz\/newsroom\/covid-19-useful-cybersecurity-resources\/<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/advice\/covid-19-protecting-your-small-business<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}