PSA: Watch out for CryptoLocker / CryptoWall emails

With the holiday season here, your users will be getting plenty of packages and tracking emails.  They will also be getting more than their share of malware infested scam emails.  Be a good IT Admin and remind them that vendors do not send attachments with tracking information inside for them to click. 

Curious where your package is?  Visit FedEx, UPS or USPS websites directly.  Or better yet, just paste your tracking number right into Google.

We’ve had a few clients recently where some gullible users have clicked through on these attachments and were hit with encrypted files and ransom notes.  Keeping your antivirus and anti-malware DAT files up to date is a great start but a little education and subtle reminders to the user community will provide a good last defense.

Happy Virus Free Holidays! 🙂