New Delhi. If you think that virus will enter your mobile or computer only when you visit a suspicious website or download something, then you are wrong. As soon as you open a file, there may be a dent in your system.
Hackers have now made PDF file a weapon to empty people’s bank accounts. Cyber security firm Palo Alto Networks has found that hackers are installing malware by sending PDF files via e-mail. PDF files named “Updated Salary” and “invoice_AUG_4601582.pdf” are being used the most.
Therefore, if you also receive any PDF by e-mail with these names, do not open it even by mistake. If you have done this work even by mistake, then it will not take much time for your bank account to become empty.
Palo Alto Networks has told in one of its reports that hackers are giving popular names to the PDF file so that the recipient finds it safe and opens it. Most people do not know that the system can also be attacked through PDF files. Hackers are taking advantage of this. URL links or buttons are also being sent along with the PDF file attachment. On clicking on these, users reach the website created for the purpose of fraud.
It is more dangerous to visit these websites.
It has also been told in the report that which people are being targeted more by hackers. According to the report, people who visit pornographic websites and sites providing financial services, whose domains have been recently registered (Newly Registered Domains -NRDs), are on the target of hackers. This is because the cyber security infrastructure of newly registered websites is weaker than that of established websites. For this reason, these websites are more helpful in spreading Phishing, Social Engineering or Malware Spreading.
Right now there is not much interest of hackers in AI, the use of artificial intelligence is increasing a lot. But, the amazing thing is that hackers have not aroused interest in it. According to the Palo Alto Networks report, AI is being used by hackers to a lesser extent. However, with the launch of ChatGPT and its increasing use, cyber security experts felt that hackers would misuse it, but this has not happened so far.
