⚠️ Мошенники начали использовать фальшивые новогодние открытки в мессенджерах для обмана россиян.
При открытии такого сообщения человек рискует загрузить на свое устройство вирус, троянскую программу или другой зловредный код, а мошенники могут украсть личные данные пользователя, включая пароли, номера банковских карт и другую конфиденциальную информацию, рассказала эксперт.
⚠️ Мошенники начали использовать фальшивые новогодние открытки в мессенджерах для обмана россиян.
При открытии такого сообщения человек рискует загрузить на свое устройство вирус, троянскую программу или другой зловредный код, а мошенники могут украсть личные данные пользователя, включая пароли, номера банковских карт и другую конфиденциальную информацию, рассказала эксперт.
Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe. Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. If you initiate a Secret Chat, however, then these communications are end-to-end encrypted and are tied to the device you are using. That means it’s less convenient to access them across multiple platforms, but you are at far less risk of snooping. Back in the day, Secret Chats received some praise from the EFF, but the fact that its standard system isn’t as secure earned it some criticism. If you’re looking for something that is considered more reliable by privacy advocates, then Signal is the EFF’s preferred platform, although that too is not without some caveats. It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists."
from jp
