Tuesday, July 16 2019 12:52

ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2019, only 0.5% of users in Armenia faced attempts of launch of malicious software on their computers designed to steal money through  online access to bank accounts. During the same period, 0.7% of users  in Azerbaijan and 0.6% of users in Georgia were attacked.

According to Kaspersky Labs, the share of users in Armenia and  Georgia who have been attacked by financial malware has decreased  significantly, since in the first quarter of 2018, this figure was  1.4% each:  these countries then shared 6-7th place in the ranking of   with the largest share of such users, and this year left the top 10  of this rating.

Among the countries of the world, the largest share of users whose  computers in January-March 2019 faced financial malware attacks was  registered in South Korea - 2.2%, followed by China with an indicator  of 2.1% and Belarus, Venezuela and Serbia ( by 1.6%). According to  Kaspersky Lab, in the first quarter of this year, attempts to launch  malicious banking software are reflected on computers of 243,604  users worldwide.

Experts point out that cybercriminals use fake web pages of banks,  online stores and payment systems, spam and phishing, as well as  keyloggers to access bank details and steal money. Their main goal is  to download banking Trojans to home and corporate computers. They  send information about bank cards or payment details to attackers.

The best protection against Trojans is to never open e-mail  attachments sent by strangers, social networks or instant messengers  or run programs if the user is not 100% sure about the source of  files downloaded from websites. You should always update the  software, as hackers exploit known flaws in the program protection  system and send Trojans to the computer through them. To fully  protect yourself, you should install antivirus software or an utility  to remove Trojans. This software (provided that it is regularly  updated) scans the system for the presence of Trojans and  automatically checks for any program or executable file.