How to keep your money away from hackers, I am Hacked. Episode 2

People all over the world are using mobile payments and credit cards more often. Buying a new coat for the winter, ordering pizza for dinner, booking a trip your everyday transactions dont require cash anymore. Mobile payments and cards are easy and accepted almost everywhere. At the same time, the proliferation of online payments is fuelling the rise of scams. Realworld criminals have moved to cyberspace its harder to catch them online and earnings are bigger. In Russia alone, scammers stole 91 million from bank accounts in 2020. Most of it was stolen with the help of social engineering. Scamming tricks have become increasingly sophisticated, but they are built around human error. An unsuspecting victims compromise their private data by visiting a fake website or downloading a malware document. Social engineering methods typically include manipulation, deception and influence. People and companies alike become victim of scams.