Kaspersky laboratory: In Azerbaijan, cryptofing volumes are growing – Bits Media

Kaspersky laboratory specialists warned, that Azerbaijan is becoming more and more popular for cryptocurrency fislors - over the past year the number of such attacks has three times.

Reported, that scammers and hackers switched from more traditional attacks For phishing for the steal of cryptocurrencies. IN 2021 a little more than 1,000 such attacks were recorded a year, and in 2022 year already 3,700. At the same time, the number of hacks of bank applications has decreased. Laboratory analysts think, that this is due to the unstable situation in the digital asset market.

Scammers use a variety of ways to attract users to phishing sites. This is traditional mailing, and more sophisticated methods with replacing payment pages.

for instance, Users are sent to the PDF file, which reports a large amount of assets on the cloud mining platform - they say, The user registered on the platform several years ago and can now withdraw a significant amount. Link leads to a phishing site, where the victim is asked to fill out personal information and give a credit card number. After that, the victim demands to pay a "commission for the transfer".

Earlier, Kaspersky laboratory reported, that more than a third of Americans, owning cryptocurrencies, became victims of scammers. Users do not pay due attention to measures to protect their crypto assets.