CNC News Update 2022 Number 2
 
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Welcome to the March 2022 edition of CNC News.

Already it is Spring - Tempus Vernon. How time flies. Spring, the season of new beginnings and new life. For those of you who like a spring garden, lilacs, lilies, daffodils, dandelions and irises are usual for this time of year. You will find bears beginning to wake from hibernation. One creature however, that does not sleep, rest, or seem to want to go away, is the cyber hacker.

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‘I am sorry to inform you but your device was hacked. I have used a Zero Click vulnerability with a special code to hack your device through a website. A complicated software that requires precise skills that I posess.

For a couple of month my software was quietly collecting information about your habits, websites you visit, websearches, texts you send’. Also your fillies have been victim of an encryption lock.

To be clear, my software controlled your camera and microphone as well.
It was just about right timing to get you privacy violated. I have made a few pornhub worthy videos with you as a lead actor.

Here is my offer. Let’s name this a “consulting fee”. Your privacy stays untouched, if I get the payment. Otherwise, I will make all your business information available to everyone and I will leak the most damaging content to your contacts and post it to a public website for perverts to view. I don’t care about you personally, I only care about getting paid.

My modest consulting fee is $1700 to be transferred in Bitcoin. Obviously do not try to ask for help from the law enforcement unless you want your privacy to be violated. You have 48 hours.

Take care and have a good day.’

It's no wonder people feel angered towards cryptocurrency. Bitcoin might be a good idea, but the fact that it is used by cyber criminals to collect ransom monies from businesses, is not helping its image. That the grammar is so appalling and that they wish me a good day is really quite galling. But regardless of the quality of the letter, its intent is clear. They are intent on robbing you.

Ransomware security attack figures are now out for 2021. More than 78% of UK businesses were assaulted with a ransomware attack and of those, its suggested that 82% of them paid the attacker their demands so they were able to restore their IT. There is however good news. Ransomware attacks can be prevented. There are a range of counter-measures that a company can easily implement to defend against attacks.

Never click on unverified links. Hackers will often spread ransomware through a malicious link. Once the malware is sitting on your system, the hacker will usually install a decryption key there.

Email scanning tools can be installed onto your network. So, as the offending email comes into your system, it examines the message for any kind of malware hiding within it.

Only use trusted sites. It is increasingly common for hackers to place malware onto websites. Hackers have been known to create sites that look just like the original site, so please always check the URL, if you are not certain.

System back-ups. Ransomware attackers do like to take advantage of companies that do not back up often. How often is often you say? It depends on your company and the way you trade. For some businesses, it might be once a day, for others it can be on the hour.

These are just only a few ideas to set into motion to protect your IT and there are lots more; Firewalls, VPN, Phishing training. If you are in anyway concerned about your IT infrastructure, then please contact your account manager to discuss how and what can be done to protect your business from a cyber hacker attack.

 

HELP FROM THE PORTAL

With remote working well and truly underway, or, if you’re for saving the environment and reducing your car miles to visit clients, or you are taking on a new starter within your business and want to bring them up to speed, using a video calling system is the way to go.

Pretty much everyone has come across Microsoft TEAMS at some point. You may have just used it for its call function, or you may love being live to your caller. Whichever you choose, just to make sure that you get the best out of using TEAMS and all its functions. We have put together some useful items for you, so you can get the best out of using TEAMS... There are four pieces, only minutes long and they are non technical.

If you have any other questions, please by all means get in contact with us on 01273 386 333.

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