The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection warns about the danger of downloading hacked software, because Russian hackers, including special services, spread viruses through torrents.

This is reported by the State Intelligence Service with reference to its report Russia's Cyber ​​Tactics: Lessons Learned 2022.

"Hackers trojanize ISOs and installation files and place them freely available on torrent trackers. If a victim downloads and installs such files on their computer, hackers gain access to its contents and can remain undetected for a long time," the message reads.

The State Service noted that in many post-Soviet countries, system administrators still use unlicensed software (including operating systems) in institutions and companies of various forms of ownership, which is distributed using torrent trackers.

"By installing hacked software from torrents, they actually give Russian special services access to the contents of working machines. The use of a hacked operating system is especially dangerous, because in this case the attackers have full administrative access to the computer on which it is installed," the State Intelligence Service emphasized .

It will be recalled that Microsoft expressed the opinion that Russia will increase its cyber attacks against Ukrainian critical infrastructure and authorities in order to prevent humanitarian and military support.

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