(haipo) – A new wave of fraud attempts has been spreading in the past 24 hours, in which people impersonating officials from the National Insurance Institute are sending fake SMS messages to the general public.
The messages are worded in credible language and include a warning regarding "identification of an invalid payment method," while demanding that personal details be updated via a link to a website that appears to be legitimate.
From a check we conducted with the National Cyber Directorate, it was reported that any suspicious message on the site can be checked. (Scan My SMS), which enables automatic analysis of text messages to identify potential fraud.
An examination we conducted of the message in question, in accordance with the Cyber Directorate's guidance, revealed that the site to which the message links is a suspicious site. The examination incorporated several measures: a dedicated scanning engine to detect phishing sites, questioning certified security providers around the world, as well as analyzing indicators of suspicious behavior and known fraud patterns.
It is important to note that any contact from the National Insurance Institute itself will be made only through the official website, at gov.il. Any other website should turn on a red light.
The National Cyber Command told the following: "Any malicious link that is reported to us, the National Cyber Directorate, directly via a reporting form on the website, or via the Scan My SMS website – and is found to be harmful, is handled."
The police have yet to respond.
If you receive a suspicious message: do not click, do not provide information, report it immediately to the cyber unit or the body from which the message was allegedly sent.
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