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Russia began to actively block malicious sites among all countries, blocking 12.8 percent of all fake resources in the world. This is stated in a study by cybersecurity company ESET. RIA News.
It is noted that we are talking about the period from September to December 2021. In second place in this indicator, as selected analysts, Japan was captured, which blocked 8.2 percent of all malicious sites. The top five also included Poland (5 percent), Peru (4.6 percent) and Ukraine (4.1 percent).
According to the study, more than a third of all fake websites in the world are hijacked in the US. Next on the list are China, Germany, the Netherlands and France. In most cases (34.2 percent), fake resources mimic the pages of financial organizations. In addition, Facebook and WhatsApp login pages (20.9 percent), as well as sites dedicated to shopping (9.3 percent), cryptocurrencies (7.7 percent) and mail services (7.1 percent), are often faked.
Earlier, ESET analysts warned users about the main ways of stealing passwords from Russians. In particular, phishing and vishing (telephone fraud) stand out among them. Various viruses that evaluate what the user collects on the keyboard of a computer or smartphone, and on some sites or inside some applications, he does this, have not become less important.