Internet Crime Has No Borders Is One Type Of Attack Has Increased By As Much As 664 Percent

The Internet has been present in Croatia for almost thirty years, and this Wednesday, February 8, marked the "round" 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day Namely, with all the advantages, the online world also brings certain dangers.

Precisely using all the benefits brought by the digitalization of life and business, criminals now have even more opportunities for various frauds via the Internet, in which many uninformed users of online business are victims Sophisticated Tricks "Internet attackers" use highly sophisticated tricks and promises to extract money or valuable personal information from naive Internet users.

Scams in which the "Nigerian prince" played the main role are no longer the only way to extract money from the gullible There are many innovative ways used by online criminals, which are increasingly difficult to discover - from a sudden inheritance you didn't know about to a request from an unknown prince or princess for a romantic relationship.

Online fraudsters have numerous methods of fraud In some cases, they will ask for money directly, but also in treacherous ways for your bank details, so they will take the money from your account themselves.

The police advise that the most effective defense against this type of fraud is the education of potential victims, but even more vigilance and raising awareness among citizens to identify such fraud techniques Internet fraudsters often pretend to be superiors in a particular company and trick lower-ranking employees into paying a sum of money from a business account to a fake account.

The fear of conflict with the employer and the possible loss of job due to non-fulfillment of an order is one of the reasons why individuals have countless times paid a larger amount to some exotic country "by order of the boss" But you don't need to have internet to be scammed.

Such is vishing - identity theft by phone call Fraudsters can call you on the phone and try to get you to reveal your personal and financial information, and even to pay them money.

Internet criminals also use phishing, online identity theft with fake e-mail messages Phishing fraudsters send fake e-mails to trick naive users into sharing personal or financial information.

Although a relatively old method, smishing, identity theft via SMS, is still, unfortunately, many cheated - a successful method for someone to run out of money in their account Bank scams If you use online banking, banks constantly warn users about possible counterfeit bank websites.

It is a method where cybercriminals use fake bank emails with a link to a fake bank website that is similar to the bank's real website In addition to this bank fraud, lonely people, but not only them, but also active "lovers" eager to meet new partners with multiple love partners, are often victims of so-called romantic frauds.

An attractive American soldier in trouble or a ravishing beauty, after the initial romance, will soon ask you for money Apart from those eager for e-love, e-businessmen are also frequent victims.

Individuals eager for international business are frequent victims of investment scams, as well as naive shopaholics, who often become victims of "super bargain purchases" in the online store Cybercrime is a worldwide problem, so even Croatia is not immune to "Internet crime".

The national CERT department of the Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNET - was founded in 2007 as a national body for prevention and protection against computer threats to the security of public information systems Last year, it processed 1,296 reports that could be classified as computer security incidents, 7 percent more than a year earlier.

Phishing incidents The most frequent are phishing incidents, while the biggest increase of 664 percent is recorded by incidents in which potential victims are tried to be induced to act in favor of fraudsters, usually via electronic mail On the other hand, the number of detected compromised websites (phishing and spam) decreased by 38, 7 percent compared to the previous year.

- In the coming period, we expect a continuation of the trend of increasing the total number of processed computer security incidents due to increasingly sophisticated methods of attack, but also an increase in the number of reports, says Nataša Glavor, assistant director of CARNET for the National CERT Last year, the highest number of incidents was recorded in August due to an increase in the number of phishing campaigns targeting mobile banking users.

The theme of the introduction of the euro as the new official currency in Croatia was used in the attacks, and users were directed to download the new version of the application via a link Dangers from the Internet As a rule, Safer Internet Day is mainly dedicated to children and young people, in order to explain to them how to use the Internet and how to protect themselves from dangers from the Internet.

On this occasion, the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM) presented a new redesigned brochure "How to protect yourself in the world of the Internet and mobile devices" Students were introduced to how to safely use the advantages of the Internet, how to recognize fake profiles on social networks and unsafe sources, and what terms like "phishing" mean.

Andro Marčev, head of the user protection department at HAKOM, warns that while students are being talked about using the Internet, artificial intelligence is already developing, and that we must prepare for it, otherwise we will experience worse dangers than we have today HAKOM recommends setting up parental controls, and parents have various tools at their disposal to control what their children do on the Internet and limit the time they use it.

But, monitoring elements are not a complete solution because nobody likes to be monitored, not even children, warns Marina Dimić Vugec from CARNET, so she suggests that instead of monitoring, we should talk about what they use from applications and in that way build trust - I believe that due to external influences we are increasingly dependent on digital technology and communication via the Internet, but we are also exposed to attacks and exploitation, says Dimić Vugec, so he concludes that due to the rapid development of technology, similar topics should be given more space in schools and that it is artificial intelligence is already in operation, but it can be used for both good and bad purposes, so you have to be careful.

so he suggests that instead of monitoring, they should talk about what they use from the apps and in that way build trust - I believe that due to external influences we are increasingly dependent on digital technology and communication via the Internet, but we are also exposed to attacks and exploitation, says Dimić Vugec, so he concludes that due to the rapid development of technology, similar topics should be given more space in schools and that it is artificial intelligence already in operation, but it too can be used except for good and bad purposes, so you should be careful.

so he suggests that instead of monitoring, they should talk about what they use from the apps and in that way build trust - I believe that due to external influences we are increasingly dependent on digital technology and communication via the Internet, but we are also exposed to attacks and exploitation, says Dimić Vugec, so he concludes that due to the rapid development of technology, similar topics should be given more space in schools and that it is artificial intelligence already in operation, but it too can be used except for good and bad purposes, so you should be careful.

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