Fraudsters have come up with a dangerous scheme involving State Services
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Fraudsters call Russians, posing as employees of government agencies, clinics, MFCs or technical support, and convince them to urgently update the State Services or EMIAS applications by sending malicious links in SMS or instant messengers, IT expert Alexander Tokarenko told KP.RU.
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Why It Matters
Fraudsters use social engineering by posing as government officials to trick people into installing malware on their devices.
Fraudsters call Russians, posing as employees of government agencies, clinics, MFCs or technical support, and convince them to urgently update the State Services or EMIAS applications. Member of the Association of Heads of Information Security Services, IT expert Alexander Tokarenko told KP.RU about this.
According to him, the attackers claim that without the update, access to all services will be lost, and they send a link via SMS or messenger. By clicking on it, the victim independently downloads and launches the virus on the phone.
The caller can introduce himself as anyone - a receptionist, a technical support operator, an MFC specialist. “They can even call themselves a governor,” says Tokarenko. - Policeman, FSB, Investigative Committee... The senior lieutenant of the Investigative Committee called me. But in the Investigative Committee, the ranks are different - lieutenant of justice, captain of justice, and so on.”
The expert emphasizes: the main thing for scammers is that the person believes and does not hang up.
Open Questions
- How many people have already suffered from such calls?
- What kind of viruses are spread through these links?
- Are law enforcement agencies taking action against the organizers of such calls?
