However, the activity of attackers using phishing,
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:21 am
nalysts from Digital Risk Protection (DRP) at FACCT (formerly Group-IB in Russia) have identified the main schemes used by fraudsters to deceive buyers and sellers in the first half of 2023. These are primarily phishing sites (fraudulent portals mimic a marketplace and offer to pay for goods at a big discount, but steal bank card details when paying for non-existent delivery of goods) - 11,493 blocked resources. Scam sites that promise a large reward, for example, for work on promoting goods on the Internet, but instead extort money from users - 498 blocked resources. Messages and groups in instant messengers and social networks (pseudo-offers about closed promotions, "megarraws", work in Ozon) - 161 blocked groups or messages.
In 2023, FACCT analysts note egypt whatsapp resource a decline in fraudster activity. Thus, the number of detected and neutralized scam portals over the first six months of 2023 decreased by more than 30 times. The number of eliminated posts and groups in social networks and messengers in 2023 decreased by almost four times.
according to FACCT, remains high. Thus, in the first half of 2023, according to FACCT, almost 11.5 thousand phishing resources were blocked that used the Ozon marketplace brand to deceive buyers and sellers, which is 100 times more than in 2022. About a third of the neutralized domains were involved in a fraudulent scheme when, under the pretext of buying a non-existent product, money and card data were stolen from the victim.
Globally, there has also been an increase in the activity of attackers using phishing techniques. According to analysts at VIPRE Security Group, 230 million emails contained phishing links as of the second quarter of 2023. At the same time, attackers are increasingly using QR codes, which the authors of the study attribute to increased user awareness of hyperlinks and attachments traditionally used by authors of malicious mailings.
According to Acronis research, in the first half of 2023, the number of phishing emails containing links for account theft increased by 464% compared to 2022. Acronis VP of Research Candid Wüst attributes the increase in phishing attacks to the fact that criminals are scaling and improving their attack methods, including using generative AI (ChatGPT and similar services).
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In 2023, FACCT analysts note egypt whatsapp resource a decline in fraudster activity. Thus, the number of detected and neutralized scam portals over the first six months of 2023 decreased by more than 30 times. The number of eliminated posts and groups in social networks and messengers in 2023 decreased by almost four times.
according to FACCT, remains high. Thus, in the first half of 2023, according to FACCT, almost 11.5 thousand phishing resources were blocked that used the Ozon marketplace brand to deceive buyers and sellers, which is 100 times more than in 2022. About a third of the neutralized domains were involved in a fraudulent scheme when, under the pretext of buying a non-existent product, money and card data were stolen from the victim.
Globally, there has also been an increase in the activity of attackers using phishing techniques. According to analysts at VIPRE Security Group, 230 million emails contained phishing links as of the second quarter of 2023. At the same time, attackers are increasingly using QR codes, which the authors of the study attribute to increased user awareness of hyperlinks and attachments traditionally used by authors of malicious mailings.
According to Acronis research, in the first half of 2023, the number of phishing emails containing links for account theft increased by 464% compared to 2022. Acronis VP of Research Candid Wüst attributes the increase in phishing attacks to the fact that criminals are scaling and improving their attack methods, including using generative AI (ChatGPT and similar services).
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