We’ve now had several cases of a Trojan infecting PCs and encrypting local user data, as well as data on shared server drives. If you see an error message like this, please turn off your computer and get in touch with your IT support immediately. This program will silently reach out to the Internet to […]
Month: March 2016
Dodgy tech support callers
We’ve had several reports of calls received from people claiming to be from “Microsoft” or “Telstra”, on numbers like 0011 976 000. The caller will claim your PC is infected or has errors and will offer to fix you up remotely. You will then be directed to install a remote support tool, which will give […]
Fake AFP websites
Another alert from our buddies over at Trend Micro: tl:dr – Always verify the integrity of a website – look for “https” and proper certificates. If you believe you may be infected, turn off the computer and seek professional advice immediately. Fake Australian Federal Police websites spreading Torrent-locker after changing their social engineering target. At […]