{"id":5491,"date":"2024-09-26T12:20:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cyber-risk\/hurricane-helene-cisa-fraud-warning"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:20:40","slug":"hurricane-helene-prompts-cisa-fraud-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/hurricane-helene-prompts-cisa-fraud-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene Prompts CISA Fraud Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hurricane Helene is whirling its way towards the Florida coast, with the US National Hurricane Center <\/span>warning<\/a><\/span> those in the path of the storm to prepare for a Category 3 landing tonight, followed by a life-threatening 20-foot storm surge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, cybercriminals are likely planning a storm of their own, in the form of fraud and phishing efforts tied to interest and anxiety related to Helene.<\/span><\/p>\n

A charity appeal for <\/span>donations<\/a><\/span> is a common gambit that cyber scammers perpetrate after a natural disaster, along with <\/span>notices<\/a><\/span> that purport to come from energy or phone providers about outages, and even unsolicited <\/span>offers of help<\/a><\/span> from “contractors” who can remove fallen trees or outfit your office with a generator\u2014as long as you pay upfront.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are <\/span>many, many variations<\/a><\/span> on the theme, including <\/span>business email compromise (BEC)<\/a><\/span>-enabled attacks that use a legitimate organization’s email to hide nefarious purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being suspicious is the top defense here. As the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) <\/span>warned today<\/a><\/span>, individual citizens and corporate users alike should remain vigilant when “handling emails with hurricane-related subject lines, attachments, or hyperlinks. In addition, be wary of social media pleas, texts, or door-to-door solicitations relating to severe weather events.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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