A new phishing scam has begun circulating. First discovered in Brazil, Catch-All spreads via a phishing attack telling the recipient that someone has sent them photos through WhatsApp. When the victim clicks on a link to the photos they're instead prompted to download WhatsApp.exe, which is actually an installer for the Catch-All extension. The installer masquerades as an Adobe Acrobat installer. [...]
Ransomware is a nasty form of malware that will encrypt all of your personal data (photos, documents, spreadsheets, etc.) and then demand a ransom to get it back. If you do not have a backup of your data then your data will most likely be unrecoverable and is lost forever. You can of course pay the ransom but there is no guarantee that the hackers will actually honor the agreement. Ransoms [...]
Great tip for when you are hit by an extended power outage.
