MANAMA: Cybercriminals are carrying out phishing attacks and attempting fraud in the name of Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), the Bahrain-based standard-setting body has warned.
Advising participants in the Islamic financial sector and members of the public to stay vigilant, AAOIFI said yesterday it has become aware of certain malignant scam and phishing attacks seemingly initiated using its name and a similar domain name .