The Interior Ministry warned Russians about fraud through the Mamont program

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has warned citizens about fraud through the Mamont program. This was reported on December 17 in the Telegram-channel of the department for organizing the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Russian Interior Ministry.

"Under the guise of a tracker, a person downloads a mobile banking Trojan - Mamont, which gains access to the phone. In addition to login information for the banking application, fraudsters can also gain access to other sensitive data - contact book, photo archive, e-mail, cryptographic keys and electronic signatures", - is prepared in the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is also reported that fraudsters create online resources of non-existent stores with inexpensive goods. To confirm the order, it is necessary to specify in full the full name, address and phone number of the customer. After receiving a message about sending the order, the buyer is offered to download a tracker application to track it.

In reality, the link leads to a program called Mamont, which hijacks the control of the banking app.

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Earlier in the day, SafeTech Commercial Director Darya Verestnikova told Izvestia that the scheme to spread the trojan through an order status tracker application is especially dangerous in the days before New Year's Eve, when people are actively buying gifts and outfits for the holiday.

In addition, Dmitry Morev from RuStore told Izvestia that in order not to become a victim of fraudsters, it is necessary to follow basic security rules: do not follow suspicious links and download programs only from official sources.

Before that, on December 16, Alexander Vurasko, the development director of the external digital threat monitoring service, warned of a new fraud scheme. He said that if during a call you are offered to install any application, you should refuse it and check the information with the bank yourself, as fraudsters can make a clone of a bank card to steal your savings.