In the spring of 2023, the number of malicious attacks against Russian bank customers to gain access to user accounts increased by 59% compared to January-February. It was reported by the newspaper “News” information security company FAC.С.T. citing a study by
One of the most popular of these plans involves filing a bank loan application on behalf of the victim. The user receives an SMS message from the credit institution with a request to approve the application. At this time, scammers call him and offer to cancel the loan process, but instead they start the password recovery procedure, after which the victim receives a special password on the device. The attacker asks him to tell himself this password and then gains full access to the user’s bank transactions.
“Scammers are constantly developing and implementing new scenarios to steal money from an account, but the main ways to reach RBS [дистанционное банковское обслуживание — прим. ред.] FAC.С.T. Seizure of an account in online banking, remote access to the device and schemes continue, ”said the specialist. Dmitry Dudkov on the fight against financial fraud.
One of the reasons for such a sharp increase in the number of attacks could be the spread of various software such as spyware and mobile viruses on the network, along with record numbers of published leaks and consolidated databases.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itthat electronics infected with viruses in production appear in Russian stores.