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Specialists of the antivirus company "Kaspersky Lab" warned of an increase in the volume of fraud, the potential victims of which could be crypto-investors. Since the beginning of 2021, experts have identified over 1,500 such fraudulent resources.
In addition, Kaspersky also reported its success: this year the company blocked more than 70 thousand attempts to switch users to fraudulent sites. Most often, cybercriminals raise fake resources of crypto-exchanges.
Also, scammers often send notifications about fictitious sales of video cards and other equipment for the extraction of digital currency. In this case, the victim is persuaded to purchase the hardware, which requires a prepayment.
Criminals also do not neglect the creation of phishing pages, whose task is to steal private keys that allow access to all digital assets and crypto wallets. Such web resources, as a rule, are located in popular domain zones like .com, .net, .org, .info or in cheap zones - .site, .xyz, .online, .top, .club, .live.
Kaspersky Lab noted the high level of detail on malicious sites that distinguish these cyber fraudulent campaigns. As an example, experts cite the loading of real data from existing cryptocurrency exchanges.
This is easily explained by the higher technical knowledge that people interested in investing in digital currencies should have. Attackers understand this and try to improve their techniques.
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