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They reveal the ranking of more scammed countries globally and the position of Spain is to alarm

They reveal the ranking of more scammed countries globally and the position of Spain is to alarm
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Spain is positioned as one of the countries that suffers the most cyberamezes in the world. At the global level, 5,100 attacks have been identified, which have caused an economic loss of more than 688 million euros.

According to the media Info Business Galicia, which has had access to the latest Threat Report H1 2025 report, The country is in second position behind Japanin a panorama in which the malicious actors “have increased both the complexity and the volume of the attacks of ransomware“However, this increase in cyber -linges are diminished in vacation periods, since users use their computer systems less.

According to the disseminated information, within the ranking of the ten types of more detected threats it is located he phishingconcentrating 20% ​​of the registered alerts. This method seeks to cheat the user with notifications of false system errors or captcha failures. Under the pretext of solving them, “cybercriminals try to convince us to execute a series of commands, with which they are really implementing the malware on your device “.

In fact, with these supposed instructions, “We can download all kinds of malicious charges to steal information”. In data, the threat has experienced a 517% growth In the first six months of the year.

For its part, los infosteales o Information thieves They constitute another of the threats that are collected in the report. Thus, represents 33% of all detections.

“It is malware You can register the click of keys, steal credentials and data that are on the clipboard and capture screen information, “says the publication. It is usually distributed through email campaigns, supplanting official organizations or known companies.

Finally, In the mobile environmenta 160% increase in detections of Adware an android, highlighting the role of the threat Kaleidoscopewhich uses duplicate versions of popular applications to deceive the user. They have also gained weight Scams related to fraudulent investments in cryptocurrencies, As the publication concludes.

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