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Tsunami of smishing messages on the way

We have been informed by a reliable source that cybercriminals are planning several attacks with smishing messages in the coming days and maybe weeks.

Text messages are used increasingly often to send false links for the purpose of…

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Look out for invoice fraud!

Invoice fraud at companies is not a new phenomenon, but recently CERT.be, the operational department of the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB), has received more reports of this type of fraud. The CCB is therefore warning companies to be…

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False text message about COVID-19 contact follow-up is circulating

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Leah Thys and Thomas Vanderveken lend face to phishing campaign. Or don't they?

Febelfin campaign responds to feeling of insecurity and rise in phishing emails due to corona crisis

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Door de coronacrisis hebben mensen heel wat zorgen aan hun hoofd.

1,3 miljoen Belgen zitten thuis in een systeem van tijdelijke werkloosheid. Voor veel anderen is thuiswerk – gecombineerd…

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Looking for face masks? Beware of fake webshops

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Phishing on behalf of FPS Finance on the rise again

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Sextortion scam gets a COVID-19 makeover

The COVID-19 crisis has already shown that some cybercriminals have no conscience.

The so-called sextortion scam is well-known. People are blackmailed and scared by the sender saying that they have sexual images that will be sent to all…

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Stay healthy online

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Cybercriminals spread viruses and ransomware hidden behind COVID-19 messages and applications

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