Kaspersky Lab has recorded a new wave of cyberattacks. Fraudsters have become even more sophisticated and have learned to use new methods to deceive computer users. They create fake online tests that supposedly allow distinguishing a human from a robot. It is in them that you can find the very phrase: "Confirm that you are not a robot".
Also, fraudsters send messages about an error in the browser, which look like notifications from Google Chrome. They usually distribute them through sites offering bookmaker services, resources with content for adults, and communities dedicated to anime.
Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new wave of attacks using fake "captchas" - tests that allow distinguishing a human from a bot, as well as messages about an error in the browser, stylized as Google Chrome.
The victim, clicking on a translucent advertising banner on the site, which imperceptibly stretches across the entire screen, gets to a dangerous page. There, the user is asked to take a test or fix a problem in the browser.
After performing certain actions described in the "instructions", a malicious stealer program is installed on the user's computer, which is designed to steal data, including logins and passwords. Such viruses can also penetrate user devices through infected sites, email attachments, or fake software updates.
Therefore, it is so important to regularly check your devices for suspicious programs and create backups of important data, use antivirus programs, do not download dubious applications and do not open letters from unknown senders, and especially do not follow links from them.
Earlier, online fraudsters came up with a tricky scheme of deception, disguising themselves as employees of "Russian Post". The scheme was quite simple: a fraudster, posing as an employee of a post office, offered the selected victim to pay for a non-existent parcel sent from abroad. If the person resisted, the attacker asked to name the code from the SMS to issue an allegedly official refusal in the databases of the postal service.
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