A recent study has shown that globally the biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May 2021 were sent via WhatsApp at 89.6 per cent.
The research wing of New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation, along with Autobot Infosec Pvt Ltd, studied two such incidents on the name of SBI.
Increase in phishing and ransomware attacks along with continued surge in web application attacks pose security risk, shows Data Breach Investigations Report 2021
Police said phishing links that redirected those who clicked them to a lucky spin wheel were circulating on social media platforms including WhatsApp and e-commerce websites.