"Kaspersky Laboratory": in recent years, the interest of attackers in personal data has grown several times

Experts of the antivirus company "Kaspersky Laboratory" note a noticeable increase in the interest of cybercriminals in user information in recent years.

So, the number of new signatures that were added to the Kaspersky Laboratory base for detecting Trojan programs intended for the theft of personal data, in 2010 for the first time exceeded 100 thousand.

Over the year, this indicator has almost doubled (by 87%), and compared to 2006 - more than 7.5 times.

The highest growth rate - 135% per year - is observed among malicious programs created for conducting electronic espionage behind the user. The number of Trojans intended for the theft of logins and passwords (Trojan-PSW) increased by 94%, and ceremonies trying to gain access to banking systems, electronic money and plastic cards (Trojan-Banker) systems-by 22%.

“Every day, millions of user computers are plunged by hacker attacks and become part of the botnets intended for spam and the commission of DDOS attacks,” says Stefan Tanase, the leading antiviral expert of the Kaspersky Laboratory in the Ememea region (Eastern Europe and the Middle East). “At the same time, attackers gain full access to infected computers, And accordingly, if desired, they can use any information stored on them, including personal and confidential. "

To ensure the safety of personal data, LC experts recommend using complex protective solutions, which include the Virtual Keyboard tool.

It allows you to enter logins, passwords and credit cards on web pages without using a conventional keyboard, which provides protection against malware that intercepts data by removing screenshots or registering pressed keys.