Israel's leading cybercrime: Email scams and demands for personal information

A new Internet Association poll reveals: 48 percent received a fake email or demands for personal information;

1 in 10 Israelis have experienced bank fraud or theft of credit card information online.

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Yinon Ben Shoshan

22/03/2022

Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 10:16 Updated: 10:31

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Cyber ​​(Photo: GettyImages)

The Israeli Internet Association today (Tuesday) unveiled the findings of a broad-based cyber survey conducted through the Roshink Institute among a representative sample of the Israeli population.

The data reveal that about half of the population in Israel indicate that they or their relatives have experienced a cyber attack.

20% state that they and their relatives experienced a cyber attack and another 29% state that their relatives experienced such an attack, 37% responded that they did not experience a cyber attack.

Another question that has been asked is whether in the past year you have discovered a virus or malware that has damaged information on your computer or cell phone?

18% answered yes, 64% answered no, 17% do not know and 1% refused to answer.

In the case of cybercrime directed against Israelis - 30% of respondents answered that they would report to the national cyber system, 17% answered that they would report to the relevant website, 18% said they would report to their internet provider, and 13% answered that they would report to consumer protection organizations.

At the same time, 12% of the respondents would not report at all and 39% did not know or were unsure who to contact.

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30% of the respondents answered that they would report to the national cyber system (Photo: Oded Karni)

The survey reveals that 29% of the population backs up their information on a computer or smartphone at least once a week or two.

48% perform backups at least once a month (including those that perform backups more frequently).

And 59% perform backups at least once every three months (including those that perform backups more frequently).

The survey also reveals that 65% of the public have antivirus software, 44% have a firewall and 22% have encryption software or VPN.

18% of Israelis do not know or are not sure whether they own these programs and 8% do not have any of the programs (antivirus, firewall and encryption software).

47% of the public regularly update their computer operating system and 59% regularly update their smartphone operating system.

In contrast, 18% do not usually update the operating systems on their devices (both on a computer and on a smartphone).

A large majority of the public (71%) feel that access to information on cyber vulnerability is only partially accessible

Overall, 40% of respondents feel that they do not have enough information about cyber vulnerability adapted to their language and level of knowledge, compared to 22% who feel they have enough accessible information and 31% think that access to it is partial.

The gap in this issue is noticeable at the gender level, in the sense that 31% of men feel that the information is accessible to their level compared to only 13% of women who feel this way.

Similarly, about half of the women (49%) believe that the information is not accessible to them in a way that is adapted to their language and level compared to only 28% of the men.

And where, after all, are Israelis exposed to information about cyber vulnerability?

37% were exposed to cyber information through social networks, 32% through television, 22% through the press, 19% through YouTube and 9% through the cyber array website.

Interestingly, there is a clear gender difference in exposure by these means: the exposure in each of the above measures was higher among men compared to women by a gap of 7-10%.

For example, 41% of men were exposed to the cyber field through social networks compared to 34% of women.

Women, on the other hand, stood out for their lack of exposure: 33% were not exposed to cyber information at all, compared with 17% of men.

22% who feel they have enough accessible information (Photo: ShutterStock)

Yoram HaCohen, CEO of the Israeli Internet Association:

"The survey indicates the enormous scope of exposure to cyber attacks on simple users and small businesses.

Most state resources are currently invested in protecting state bodies, critical infrastructure and large corporations, but not in solutions that protect the citizen and small business.

Regarding these, one must first and foremost invest in awareness of the "Ten Commandments of Cyber", as formulated in the cyber protection project block.org.il, which is operated by the Israeli Internet Association and with the continuous knowledge of the public, by various means, about new attacks and how to defend against them. "

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