An expert talks about the rules of cyber hygiene
Alexander Zakharov, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technologies at Synergy University, told about simple rules of cyber hygiene to avoid becoming a victim of fraudsters.
A new sexual extortion scheme has recently become more frequent on the Web: fraudsters use personal information of their victims to intimidate them by accusing them of infidelity.
In a conversation with the RuNews24.Ru agency on Monday, September 23, a specialist pointed out that the topic of infidelity is attractive for fraudsters, as the victim always risks the destruction of family life or life with a partner. In addition, there may be a risk of compromising a career.
According to Zakharov, attackers send out emails saying that they have secret compromising photos, and to avoid leaking them, the victim is asked to transfer several tens/hundreds/thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency.
"In 95% of cases, such emails are fraudulent and have one goal - to force you to click on a link and download a trojan app or compromise your email, WhatsApp and Telegram," Zakharov emphasized.
He added that after that the session can be intercepted and the correspondence will end up in the possession of fraudsters. According to Zakharov, such a scheme is characterized by deep elaboration of information and profile of a potential victim.
Zakharov emphasized that nowadays every Web user leaves his digital footprint almost everywhere. To the basic principles of cyber hygiene specialist referred to the use of incognito mode when working in a browser in an unfamiliar place, notes 360.ru. You should also leave less personal data. In addition, he advised to use complex, unique passwords and two-factor authentication to protect accounts. In addition, one should be cautious about suspicious links and attachments, not to connect to public unprotected Wi-Fi networks, RT writes.
Also on September 23, Anastasia Lysenko, a senior lecturer at the Department of Financial Control and Treasury Management of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, told aif.ru that attackers most often manage to gain access to "Gosusluga" because citizens themselves disclose their personal data. The expert urged to be wary of Internet pages where you need to enter personal information - they may be phishing sites-doppelgangers, created to collect personal data of users. Accounts on "Gosusluga" are of particular interest to fraudsters. In this regard, you should never give your login, password and code from SMS to enter your personal account to anyone.
On the same day, Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, said that fraudsters have started to create fake charity websites asking gullible Russians to make donations. At the same time, the web pages that the scammers create look very convincing. As a rule, photos of real people and their stories are placed on them.
On September 16, Russians were told about a new scheme of fraud with mobile tariffs. Attackers call under the guise of telecom operators and offer mobile tariffs allegedly with a good discount. If the client agrees to the discount, he is asked to transfer money for the tariff for several months at a time to activate the service, after the transfer of funds the fraudsters stop contacting. Companies are asked to check any tariffs on official websites, reports NSN.
