Information Security

A contract with a surprise: scammers started hiding viruses in password-protected RAR archives
Over the past month, such emails accounted for 13% of blocked fraudulent mailings in "Mail Mail"

Fake police officers going door-to-door, State Duma warned
Scammers extort passports and biometrics under the guise of a census

Hackers Change Tactics: Now They Hide Within Ordinary Business Processes
Financial companies are increasingly attacked through legitimate tools, contractors, and accounts

Programmers are more likely than other company employees to share "sensitive" data with neural networks
Source code and financial information can leak online

Scammers Lure Victims into Fake Housing Chats with Utility Voting
The goal is to trick victims into revealing SMS codes and withdrawing money under the guise of protection from hacking

New scam scheme: fraudsters obtain parents' passports and passwords through fake child card verification
Money is withdrawn from accounts, and loans are taken out in the victims' names

One password can unlock everything: the Ministry of Internal Affairs explained how to protect accounts from hacking
They advise paying special attention to "Gosuslugi", messengers, social networks and mobile banking

Fear, Urgency, and Authority: Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Reveals Psychological Arsenal of ATM Scammers
Social engineering has come to the forefront

iPhone apps found to be spying: infected versions distributed via Telegram
The malware collected geolocation, device information, and took screenshots

Scammers demand drone shelter schemes from factories: cyberattacks carried out on behalf of agencies
Attackers impersonate officials and extort evacuation plans from enterprises

Fraudsters aimed for 1.9 trillion rubles: banks stopped 17.5 million theft attempts
Actual client losses amounted to 7.35 billion rubles, and the number of social engineering attacks increased by almost 50%



