A study recently published by BitDefender has found a worrying number of participants were unaware to security threats on the personal protection of credit card data. The survey revealed that 97% of 2,210 respondents aged 18 to 65 said they purchased goods and services online. Of these, 57% declared that they had replied with sensitive information to potentially fraudulent requests for data, leaving themselves at risk of fraud and their account being compromised.
The study also revealed that 27% of respondents were previously unaware of the use of fake sites and the act of ‘phishing.’ Phishing is defined as pretending to be a trustworthy organisation or individual in order to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details via electronic communication.
Sabina Datcu, e-threats analysis and communication specialist at BitDefender commented that, “the pessimistic fact is that if one performs a quick and simple search on internet, he or she can easily find credit card credentials to exploit.” Dactu added, “moreover, there is a huge number of cybercriminals selling this kind of information for different amounts of money.”
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