Statistics of hacker attacks on Internet users in Azerbaijan revealed
Malefactors around the world actively take advantage of the
current situation with the Covid-19 pandemics, creating numerous phishing
web-pages and sites allegedly selling masks or tests for coronavirus, Olga
Rodicheva, spokesperson for Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, told Trend.
According to her, since the beginning of 2020, Kaspersky
Lab's experts have detected over 5,000 such suspicious resources.
As the spokesperson noted, in March of this year, 24% of
Internet users in Azerbaijan were attacked by malwares and 32% of users were
faced with local threats (that is, those that were detected on computers or
flash memory, memory cards, external hard drives).
"Such cyber threats are characteristic of our country
and they didn't undergo significant changes," Mushvig Mammadov, official
representative of Kaspersky Lab in Azerbaijan, said.
According to him, some malwares began mimicking services for
videoconferencing. Kaspersky Lab detected about 1,300 files with unwanted
applications and even malicious code, in which the names of popular services
for online conferences were used, and the names of Zoom, Webex, Slack and other
applications were exploited by the malefactors.
"Perhaps these malicious files are used to attack
corporate users, since namely these services are often used by business
representatives during remote work. Such names mainly hid adware, but in
addition to it, threats were also detected that hide as files with the '.lnk'
extension, which is a shortcut to applications. The vast majority of these
files actually turned out to be exploits, that is, 'malware' that exploit
vulnerabilities in various software programs," Mammadov noted.
"Moreover, many groups involved in targeted attacks on
organisations use the theme of coronovirus, sending documents allegedly from
official structures. Several organizations related to health care, including a
hospital in the Czech Republic, have been attacked by cybercriminals," he
added.
It's extremely important for users today to remember the
following rules of digital hygiene.
* Use complex passwords and for each platform create unique
combinations for entering;
* Download programs and applications only from authorized
resources, not to do this through unfamiliar user's request;
* Install antivirus programs on all devices;
* Regularly update software;
* Do not follow links from unfamiliar users and double-check
any messages, for example, about cash payments, fines or fraudulent activity on
the account, in reliable sources;
* Do not use corporate devices to download files from
torrent trackers or network games.
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