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Neil Daswani from Stanford University talks about cybersecurity scams promoting COVID relief with malicious links that can compromise your identity, card information and more.
MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER, 77 YEARS OF AGE. >> THANK YOU. >>> AS THE POPULATION AWAITS ADDITIONAL STIMULUS, CYBER SECURITY CRIMES ARE ON THE RISE. CYBER CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN ISSUING FAKE TAX PROMISING $1000 OR MORE IN RELIEF WITH MALICIOUS LINKS THAT CAN COMPROMISE YOUR IDENTITY, CARD INFORMATION AND MUCH MORE. HERE TO TALK ABOUT TESTING YOURSELF FROM THESE CRIMES IS THE CODIRECTOR OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY ADVANCE CYBERSECURITY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NEIL DASWANI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THESE COVID SCAMS? >> LOOKOUT FOR TAX THAT CLAIM YOU NOW QUALIFY FOR A COVERED RELIEF PROGRAM. AND THEY OFFER AMOUNT IN THE $1400 RANGE, THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED THAT CHECKS ARE EVENTUALLY COMING. AND A MALICIOUS LINK IS HOW THEY ARE SENDING THEM UP. >> DON'T CLICK THE LINK? WHAT SHOULD THEY DO IF THEY GET ONE OF THESE TEXT MESSAGES? >> THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO IGNORE THE MESSAGE. DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK. THE NEXT THING THEY CAN DO IS BLOCK THE CONTACT TO GIVE WIRELESS CARRIERS A SIGNAL THAT THAT IS A -- MESSAGE. >> SAY FOR INSTANCE SOMEONE GAVE INFORMATION AND ARE WATCHING THIS AND GOING, GOODNESS. >> I THINK THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS TO GET PROTECTION. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ALL KINDS OF FRAUD THAT CAN OCCUR. I DEFINITELY DON'T CLICK THE LINK. THE LEGITIMATE COVERED RELIEF WILL COME IN THE FORM OF A CHECK IN THE MAIL. OR A DIRECT DEPOSIT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR A TEXT TO BE SENT LIKE THAT. JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. THEY ARE DEFINITELY FRAUDULENT. >> IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO AVOID EVEN GETTING THESE IN THE FIRST PLACE? I DO MY BEST NOT TO PUT ON MY PHONE NUMBER, BE CAREFUL WHERE I SHARED. ANYTHING ELSE? >> ONE CAN PUT ONESELF ON A DO NOT CALL REGISTRY. OF COURSE CYBER CRIMINALS IGNORE THAT. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO IS GET YOURSELF PROTECTION FROM THESE KINDS OF THREATS. ONE OTHER THING TO LOOK OUT FOR IS THEY ARE SAYING WITH THE RELIEF COMING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1400 OR MORE DAILY. IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. >> IT IS ALWAYS THE BEST ADVICE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PHONES. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING A TREND WITH EMAILS, AS WELL? OR ARE PEOPLE PRIMARILY BEING TARGETED VIA CELL PHONE? >> NO, IT IS BY PHISHING EMAILS AS WELL. WITH THAT SAID, THE LOCKDOWNS LAST MARCH AND APRIL. WE SAW HUGE INCREASES, WHERE PEOPLE WITH THE MESSAGES BEING SENT. >> THAT IS SO INTERESTING. I THINK OF MY PARENTS, I THINK OF EVERYONE WHO JUST MAY NOT KNOW ANY BETTER. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TRY TO REACH US THROUGH THESE METHODS. >> YEAH, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. CONSUMERS ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNALS, THEY CAN CHECK OUT MY UPCOMING BOOK, CYBER SECURITY LESSONS FOR EVERYONE. IT WILL HELP, ONE OF THE CHAPTERS WILL HELP SANITIZE YOU WITH THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PHISHING, MALWARE AND OTHER CRIMES.
