Nikki Kanani, a GP and NHS medical director for primary care, says that legitimate texts inviting people to book a vaccine appointment will never ask for bank account details, such as credit card numbers or PINs. However, social engineering experts worry the new method of contacting patients inviting them to come forward will open up new avenues for those seeking to take advantage of people’s desperation to be protected from Covid-19. People are rightly excited about this vaccine, and that unfortunately leaves them in a position where they can fall victim.” “I can’t think of a stronger example everyone is invested in than this vaccination,” says McAlpine “Most people want to get the vaccination, get out of the way and move on from this pandemic. Since the pandemic started scammers and criminals have pivoted their work to take advantage of the health emergency – both through phishing email scams and also SMS scams. Data compiled by cybersecurity analysts Webroot shows a 336 per cent increase in the use of the word “vaccine” in suspicious domain names, which were used to launch phishing attacks, between March and December 2020. Of the 4,500 suspicious domains Webroot tracked in the first month since Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive a Covid-19 jab outside of a trial, around one-fifth included the word “vaccine”.
Other high-growth areas for scammers included domains with “covid” or “test” in the URL. This Sample Nhs Letter Template Word uploaded by Rod Pfannerstill I from public domain that can find it from google or other search engine and it’s posted under topic fake. “The go-to scam is: ‘You’ve been invited for a vaccine, please register’,” says Richard De Vere of The Antisocial Engineer, a Barnsley-based social engineering consultancy.
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