First of all, this is seasonality. Attackers use subpoenas: for example, they can send emails with “options” of tours allegedly from government services “using the background of the current situation.” So scammers take advantage of current events, seasons, and the like.
Additionally, as Russian users’ awareness of various fraud methods increases, the concealment of these schemes also increases. People often receive letters about account bans, fines, and similar worrying issues. This is done to confuse the potential victim with the help of his emotions, and various tricks can ultimately lead to the loss of username, password and other confidential information.
The usual tools of scammers are phone scams, pop-up banners, fake bank websites and SMS mailings. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful when following links, banners and take a closer look at the address bar, since “phishing sources often use addresses with an insecure protocol such as http instead of https.”
The expert recommended installing an antivirus, because even a free program can help block the passage to a phishing resource or block the download of a malicious file. You should not disable the standard operating system firewall, but it makes sense to install a third-party firewall.
Source: Ferra
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