| Abstrakt: |
Financially motivated cybercrime groups typically aim to obtain user authentication data, including those related to personal bank data, compromise POS and ATM systems, access to e-wallets and capitalize on all these activities in order to obtain material benefits. To achieve these goals, various means are used, most often, individuals or cybercrime groups acting, by carrying out phishing activities, as well as by distributing malicious worm-like computer applications, banking Trojans, etc. Due to the urgent need to streamline the way in which public administrations provide essential services for the population (e.g. health, education, water / electricity / gas supply, traffic management, etc.), the state-of-the-art technology is increasingly used, thus creating the concept of Smart City. The large-scale technology of essential public services and their interconnection in the context of Smart City projects creates new opportunities for cyber attackers. They aim to maximize their profits by illegally accessing, stealing and subsequently selling more data, including personal data, while distributing ransomware, which can affect the provision of services to citizens. At the time when these activities initially occurred, ransomware attacks were targeted at individuals, but currently, the gain from a single person does not compare to the amounts of money that a public authority (e.g. public institution, hospital, private organization, etc.) is willing to pay to recover the stolen data/information or to unblock its activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
