Sri Lanka, March 13 -- The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SL CERT) has issued a public advisory urging people to exercise caution when engaging with online advertisements as the festive season approaches.

Senior Information Security Engineer at SLCERT, Charuka Damunupola, stated that several incidents of online scams have already been reported to the organisation during the first two months of this year.

He noted that with the upcoming festive season-particularly the Sinhala and Tamil New Year-there is an increased risk of fraudulent advertisements and malicious links appearing online, often disguised as discounts, cash prizes, or special promotional offers.

Damunupola explained that such malicious links frequently direct...