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“When it comes to individual users, we can
say that 2018 didn’t give them much respite
from financial threats,” said Oleg Kupreev,
security expert at Kaspersky Lab.
“Our data shows that infamous bankers
are still there, increasing their attacks and
hunting for money. Of particular interest was
the RTM banking Trojan, whose explosive
growth pumped up the figures for 2018.
We therefore urge users to be cautious
when conducting financial operations
online from PCs. Don’t underestimate the
professionalism of modern cybercriminals by
leaving your computer unprotected.”
In 2018, the share of financial phishing
decreased from 53.8% to 44.7% of all
phishing detections, still accounting for
almost a half of overall detections. The share
of phishing related attacks to payment
systems and online shops accounted for
almost 14% and 8.9% respectively. This is
slightly less (single percentage points) than
in 2017. The share of financial phishing
encountered by Mac users slightly grew,
accounting for 57.6%.
As for banking malware, in 2018, the
number of users attacked with banking
Trojans was 889,452 – an increase of 15.9%
in comparison with 767,072 the previous
year. A total of 24.1% of users attacked with
banking malware were corporate users. Users
in Russia, Germany, India, Vietnam, Italy, US
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and China were the most often attacked by
banking malware.
Russia, South Africa and the United
States were the countries with the highest
percentage of users attacked by Android
banking malware. The number of users that
encountered Android banking malware
in 2018 more than tripled to 1,799,891
worldwide. Just three banking malware
families accounted for attacks on the vast
majority of users (around 85%).
In order to protect themselves from financial
phishing, Kaspersky Lab experts advise users
to take the following measures:
• Websites can be a front for
cybercriminals, with the sole purpose
of harvesting your data To stop your
confidential details from falling into the
wrong hands, if a site seems suspicious or
is unfamiliar, do not enter your credit card
details or make a purchase
• To help prevent financial fraud, a dedicated
security solution on your device, with
built-in features, will create a secure
environment for all of your financial
transactions. Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Money
technology is designed to offer this level
of protection to users and provide peace
of mind. Use reliable security solutions for
comprehensive protection from a wide
range of threats, such as Kaspersky Security
Cloud and Kaspersky Internet Security.
• To keep your credentials safe, it is
important to apply the same level of
vigilance and security across all of your
devices – whether desktop, laptop or
mobile. Cybercriminal exploits have no
boundaries, so your security needs to be
just as widespread to minimise the risk of
your information falling into the wrong
hands. Use a reliable security solution
for storing valuable digital data, such as
Kaspersky Password Manager.
For business, Kaspersky Lab experts advise
the following:
• Invest in regular cybersecurity awareness
training for employees to educate
them not to click on links or open
attachments received from untrusted
sources. Conduct simulated phishing
attacks to ensure that they know how to
distinguish phishing emails
• Leverage advanced detection and
response technologies, such as
Kaspersky Endpoint Detection
and Response, part of the Threat
Management and Defense solution. It
makes it possible to catch even unknown
banking malware and gives security
operation teams full visibility over the
network and response automation
• Provide your security operation centre
team with access to Threat Intelligence so
it remains up to date with the latest tactics
and tools used by cybercriminals. n
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