Online ads containing erotic overtones can be used by cybercriminals to distribute various malware or steal money. In this respect reports The Izvestia publication quotes experts in the field of information security.
According to experts, hackers are exploiting the erotic theme in various formats. For example, they place ads for intimate services, illegal perversions, sex toys or just pornography. The main task of this type of advertising is to motivate people to click on the link.
The victim may then see a form to enter bank card details, which will most likely result in loss of money. Or the link activates the download of a malicious program to a computer or smartphone, which, without the user’s knowledge, transfers the data of interest to the attackers.
“For example, a user may be offered to purchase a subscription to a service or access to some exclusive material for a very small fee. Then the potential victim will be transferred to a page for entering bank card data that will look like the website of a bank or payment service, but in reality it will not be so, “said Yuri Ursu, director of the digital audit department of the Accounting Chamber of the Russian Federation for entrepreneurship development and state support.
Experts also noted that the victims of attackers who exploit 18+ contact are mostly men.
Previously in Russia was recorded A record increase in the activities of internet fraudsters.