Do you know how to recognize and protect yourself against ransomware?
You may have seen headlines about ransomware attacks on institutions ranging from banks to hospitals to gas-pipelines. But what is ransomware, why is it dangerous, and can such attacks be prevented? Today, we answer your questions about ransomware.
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Phishing scams – where you receive fraudulent messages pretending to be from a trusted sender designed to trick you into revealing personal data – have unfortunately become widespread and the criminals behind them have refined their techniques. For example, there are phishing phone calls (called “vishing” for voice-phishing) and phishing text messages (“smishing” for SMS-phishing).
Protect yourself against scammers who are phishing for your password
And there is “spear phishing,” a specific form of email phishing that targets individual users.
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