Tech Update: A clever new type of ransomware attack
Cyber criminals have come up with another way to spread malware and ransomware – using the contact form on your business’s website.
Watch our latest tech update video to learn about this new form of attack, and what you can do to keep your business safe.
Your business has a contact form on its website, right? Then you need to know about a new sophisticated cyber-attack.
As email security get better and better at preventing malicious messages from reaching you, cyber criminals are inventing new ways to infect systems.
Their latest technique uses the contact form on a business’s website.
They fill in the form to start a conversation, pretending to be a potential customer.
When you email your reply, they send a file, claiming it’s relevant to your conversation.
It’s sent using a file-sharing service – such as WeTransfer – to bypass your email account’s security.
If you open and run the file, bad news… you’ve given the criminals access to your device.
This can lead to a ransomware attack, where your files are encrypted until you pay a huge ransom fee.
The best defence against this new kind of attack is training for your staff.
Can we help protect your business from all security threats? Give us a call.
