Cybersecurity against scams and computer thefts: Peru had 5.2 billion attempted cyberattacks this year
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- 25 Aug 2022
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A single 'click' to open a message, view a website or make a download could result in theft of our data on devices, 'emptying' of accounts, identity theft, and other problems due to cybercrime.
According to the latest report from Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, Peru suffered 5.2 billion cyberattack attempts in the first half of the year (January to June 2022 ), that is, 10% more than in the same period of 2021 (it registered 4, 7 billion).
From January to April 2022, the Public Ministry registered 7,297 complaints of computer crimes, of which 5,356 are typified. Therefore, there are several aspects to take into account to improve our cybersecurity, and then we give you some guidelines on that.
Modalities
'Hackers' use increasingly sophisticated and targeted strategies, such as ransomware ( 'data hijacking' that prevents the user from accessing their system or personal files and demands 'ransom' or payment).
“It is being seen that there are more malicious actors and international cybercriminal groups affecting companies, governments and even economies. Some offer those affected '24/7 technical support service' to expedite the payment of the ransom and restore systems or encrypted data”, explained Arturo Torres, cybersecurity strategist at FortiGuard Labs for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Miguel Alor Flores, a specialist in Digital Transformation and a Postgraduate professor at Norbert Wiener University adds: “Cyber ​​fraud is a crime and criminals easily create false web pages or impersonate identity. The most frequent modalities are phishing (they send emails with links to web pages that pretend to be from banks or others) and smishing (pretend to be a bank entity via SMS or WhatsApp). Read More…
