As cyber-attacks, which are increasing day by day, continue to harm both individuals and institutions, DarkTracer A striking report came from the cyberattack intelligence group. DarkTracer, in the report it shared in the first quarter of 2022, namely: From January 1 to March 31 shared only the amount of information compromised by malware and where they came from.

According to DarkTracer’s report, the malware called ‘RedLine Stealer’ has been detected in total in the last 3 months, according to the detected numbers. Login details of 878 thousand 319 users of 34 thousand 714 government sites caused theft. The report also showed the abundance of stolen information, especially in Turkey.

Thousands of Turkish users’ information was stolen:

In DarkTracer’s report, Turkey was included in two of the 10 websites with the most stolen information. While the top 10 consists of the government sites of Turkey, Indonesia and Brazil, Two sites in Turkey are in third and fourth place in the list. The rest of the list includes many official sites. However, let’s underline that this data was not captured because of an openness or hack in E-Government, but because of a virus that infects the computer.

According to the information shared, the Turkish government website where most of the credentials were stolen was the e-government. in total The login data of the e-Government of 15 thousand 313 users would have been seized.† In addition, it was alleged that the credentials of 12,940 Eba, 4,664 e-School, 3,363 e-Nabız, 2,411 ÖSYM, 1,957 MHRS and 1,601 İşkur users had been seized. Other websites included eInvoice, 1 Million Employment, Tübitak and HGS portal.

What is RedLine Stealer?

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The software, called RedLine Stealer, ensures that after the victim’s computer is infected, it collects as much information about the victim as possible. Software that works directly on the victim’s computer, regardless of websites or platforms, It can also record important information such as login details, card information, cryptocurrency wallets stored in internet browsers. In addition, information about the system and hardware used by users is passed on to attackers.

In light of this information, attackers who have seized the information can carry out various attacks such as phishing and ransom, confiscate the accounts of the people or destroy this information. can be sold as a database.

How do you protect yourself from attacks?

The easiest way to protect yourself from RedLine Stealer and all similar software, It’s about being a conscious internet user. In this context, measures such as not visiting untrusted websites with suspicious URLs and not clicking on suspicious links in websites, e-mails and messages are among the measures that can be taken.