{"id":10249,"date":"2018-06-13T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T09:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2020-01-07T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T10:13:21","slug":"jet-airways-phishing-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/jet-airways-phishing-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Airways Phishing Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Phishing Scams are becoming more and \nmore common these days with every other company falling victim to the \nscam and losing a lot of money in the process. It is a trap set by \nattackers to target businesses, so that they can fool people and extract\n their private information. Organizations should raise awareness \nrelating to cyber-crimes which will result in reduction of online scams.\n SMiShing is another type of attack wherein the attackers SMS or Text \nthe targeted person or a group. Even on social media, these Phishing \nattacks do their own rounds to lure victims towards visiting a website \nor clicking on some content which will lead a visitor to a fake website.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, a tweet related to Jet Airways\n had gone viral and a message was circulated across various social \nplatforms communicating that the airline is giving away two free tickets\n to everyone to celebrate their 25th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the original message which went viral on WhatsApp\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Viral hacking message on Whatsapp*: Jetairways.com Airline is \ngiving 2 Free Tickets to everyone, To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, \nClick here to Get yours: http:\/\/www.jeta?rways.com\/tickets.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is phishing site trying to \nduplicate www.jetairways.com. ESDS\u2019 hallmark scanning tool ESDS VTMScan<\/strong><\/a> \ndetected this attack which is known as a Homoglyph attack<\/strong> using which a punycode<\/strong> can be generated. If you look carefully then there is no *i* after *jeta*, which is a punycode.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESDS instantly shared the report generated by ESDS VTMScan\n with Jet Airways so that they could take quick action against the \nculprits and get the phishing website terminated from their registrar. \nIt is better to ignore such messages rather than being curious and \nclicking on such websites, but if you have already opened such a URL, \nthen it would be better to change your passwords.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This not the first time and it won\u2019t be \nthe last time that a fake message has surfaced on the internet. The most\n recent example is of departmental store giant D-Mart\n that fell a victim of the same Homoglyph Attack. In the past, fake \nmessages about Air Asia and Emirates Airlines also went viral and many \npeople fell for it and lost a lot of money.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can stay cautious by following these simple steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Do not click, download or open any type of attachments from unknown senders.<\/li>
  2. Beware of emails and messages which ask for your personal information.<\/li>
  3. Share important information with secured websites only.<\/li>
  4. Guard yourself against spam emails which will try to extract your important information.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Safeguard your website against online threats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ESDS VTMScan delivers exuberant security \nexperience to users for their websites and web applications, and is a \ncomplete scanning package that detects all the extensive vulnerabilities\n in a website. With complete application protection you can safeguard \nyour web applications which have crucial data and eliminate the critical\n risks. We cover the Open Web Application and Security Projects (OWASP) \nTop 10 vulnerabilities with ESDS VTMScan which include scanning for SQL \nInjections, XSS Detection, Content Change Monitoring, Malware Scan, \nPhishing Detection, CMS Scan, Domain Reputation Check and much more. A \ncomplete website security scanner, ESDS VTMScan, will ensure optimum safety \nof your website with deep scanning and instant alerts.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are multiple attackers and threats\n on the internet that are waiting to damage your website while stealing \nyour sensitive data and information. When you safely surf the internet, \nthe chances of you falling for a scam are reduced exponentially. It is \nvital to responsibly browse online without sharing any kind of personal \ninformation on unauthorized or official websites. Scanning for \nvulnerabilities<\/strong><\/a> on your website will minimize your risks and maximize \nyour online presence.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Phishing Scams are becoming more and more common these days with every other company falling victim to the scam and losing a lot of money in the process. It is a trap set by attackers to target businesses, so that they can fool people and extract their private information. Organizations should raise awareness relating to… <\/p>\n

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