Over 400 Valentine’s Day-themed phishing campaigns spotted weekly

New Delhi: As people go online to purchase gifts for their loved ones to celebrate Valentine’s Day, researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point on Wednesday said they observed a surge in malicious phishing email campaigns in the second half of January.

Over 400 malicious Valentine’s Day-themed individual phishing emails were spotted weekly during the period, according to the research.

Most of the phishing scams are focused on buyer fraud, and in some cases have reused themes and webpages from past phishing campaigns.