Worst hackers avoid attacking Eastern European countries: reports

Cybercriminals operate similarly to any other unlawful group. They prefer to work in areas that have unconcerned or resource-poor law enforcement. Cybercriminals also tend to work in areas where authorities might be inclined to look the other way to criminal activities. Ultimately, these areas provide less security, so it's no surprise why hackers go for these areas. A corrupt environment can give hackers the potential room to steal banking information, encrypt files, and exploit vulnerable network security. One thing a hacker can do with a vulnerable environment is use ransomware, which is a form of malware that denies a user or organization the rights to use their files by encrypting their files and then having them pay to receive it back. 

Today, especially where technology governs the world, ransomware poses a big threat to countries outside of Eastern European operations. Unlike the Soviet bloc nations system, these countries' systems have less caution regarding their cybersecurity inclinations. Just last year, it was noted that certain malware was infiltrating the IT systems of cybersecurity companies. In April, Cybereason, a cybersecurity company, recognized DarkSide attacking English-speaking countries and bypassing systems of Soviet bloc nations. Darkside was observed to filter its victims through a do-not-install list, which screens system languages to either infect the host or not if a Soviet bloc country system is found. Given the event where a Russian or Ukrainian virtual keyboard is found, the malware is not installed. For example, if a Microsoft Windows computer has a Soviet bloc system installed, the malware will not download.

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