Dear All,
Please attentively read the information below:
THE HACKERS ARE AT IT AGAIN! ATTACKING YOUR DATA AND HOLDING IT HOSTAGE UNTIL YOU PAY A RANSOM TO GET IT BACK.
The New Ransomware is named “Locky” and it encrypts your data and then the blackmail attempts begin. This has been done before, however, this time the malware gets in via email attachment. The email will innocently ask you to enable macros, and if you do the malware gets in and begins to target particular files such as word documents and excel documents and encrypt them.
If your files get encrypted the only way to decrypt them is to obtain the decryption key from the attackers.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR DATA AND FILES FROM LOCKY
• Ensure your data is backed up by using a back up service like the one We’re Human provides. Clients that use our data back up service have all their data backed up three times a day, so the most you will ever lose is a few hours.
• Be EXTRA cautious about unsolicited emails and attachments – communicate with all your customers, and clients to not open any email that they even remotely think may be untrustworthy.
• DON’T ENABLE MACROS on any document attachments received by email. Just don’t do it.
Shall you have any questions regarding this information, or you suspect that your computer has already been hacked, please contact me straight away. Thank you