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Cybercrimes grew by 33% in Russia

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Direct attacks on bank customers through social engineering is the most common type of fraud. This is about hundreds of millions of unauthorized transfers, which is confirmed by the reports of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the number of cybercrimes in the country increased by a third this year. Individuals, large companies and government agencies are victims of such crimes. The cybercriminals seek to gain access to confidential information in order to extort money or damage the victim's reputation.

The most common type of fraud is direct attacks on bank customers through social engineering. The amounts scammers steal from customers by means of phishing, inter alia, are growing. The number unauthorized transfers amounts to hundreds of millions.

Ransomware attacks on organizations through known vulnerabilities remain one of the cyber threats.  

Attackers do not work single-handedly, but set up call centers to call bank customers. They know how to change the numbers from which they call their victims, working according to modern scripts for telephone communication with clients. Some use the IVR system, which allows simulation of the bank's voice menu with tone control during a call. Criminals buy victim's personal data on the darknet or get it through cheating the victims.

The information security market development in Russia is driven by two main factors. They are the shortage of skilled personnel and the specifics of regulation of this sphere as a whole.

When searching for skilled specialists, Russian companies spend a lot of resources to foster trained personnel, while there is a risk of personnel leakage abroad.

Russian laws in the field of information security are poorly synchronized with generally recognized international practices insofar it concerns both security and established IT processes, with real processes replaced with paper regulations, and effective technologies – with certification.

Source: YuMoney