cyber attacks on government agencies in Azerbaijan has been recorded”/>
Last time there is a sharp increase quantities cyber attackdirected both against government agencies and against citizens. Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to gain unauthorized access to personal data, financial resources and government information systems.
As Day.Az reports, information about this was disseminated by the State Service of Special Communications and Information Security of Azerbaijan.
It is noted that on a number of platforms, such as any.run, virustotal, you can see the placement of a large amount of confidential information related to banks and enterprises – these are documents, contracts, financial and property files, CVs, reports, etc. State Special Service communications and information security carries out round-the-clock monitoring of electronic information resources of government agencies, conducts audits. “Failure to promptly eliminate the gaps identified during audits makes the occurrence of cyber incidents and theft of personal data inevitable. We recommend that government agencies promptly eliminate the gaps identified in the reports sent to them, strictly follow security recommendations, as well as cyber hygiene rules,” the message says.
It should be noted that from January to August of this year, the State Service for Special Communications and Information Security identified 675 indicators of compromise (IOC) in relation to government agencies, 560.7 million malicious links in the AzStateNet network, through the central anti-virus system installed for the latest users, were detected and blocked 3 million 43 thousand 900 malicious electronic documents, and using the Sandbox protection system – 170,768 malicious electronic documents.