Hmmm …
Do you follow the technology news?
I do. I’m not an avid technology buff, but am usually fascinated by it: having grown up when the home computer boom really took off, in the 1980s.
So I take an interest: especially if I’ve a vague connection to a story.
A few years ago?
A friend asked about a call she’d had: from someone claiming to work for a Microsoft approved body, who received reports that her PC was playing up.
Then tried to trick her into giving them remote control of her computer, so they could ‘sort the issue out.’
And THEN tried to charge for the privilege.
I always used to call it the Comantra Scam: as that was the name of the company.
At any rate?
The things continued: indeed, I’ve had a few such calls, myself. (They get annoyed when I tell them I have a Mac.)
At any rate?
It seems the scam is still on-goning.
But, at least, we can say arrests have been made.
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In other technology news?
You’ve possibly noticed there’s been a another global ransomware attack: that looks like it’s been aimed at the Ukraine.
I’ve just seen another piece about the attack.
According to that, it seems the early infections was through a piece of Ukrainian accountancy software.
Most ransomware spreads: by sending out emails with dodgy attachments. Click on that attachment, and you’re in trouble.
It seems this recent one? Has done the initial infections: through the accountancy software’s legitimate update systems.
To me? That sounds suspiciously like the KeRanger ransomware attack.
KeRanger is — as far as I know — the only bit of ransomware that’s affected macOS.
It was sneaked onto people’s systems when the criminals behind it sneaked a spiked copy of a popular piece of software onto the software’s official download page.
You went to the official page? You got infected.
Thankfully?
KeRanger got sorted.
This ransomware will, too.
But I’m thinking spiking official pages and update systems?
Will become more common.
~≈Ω≈~
