Hackers will target any organization that they believe they can leverage a ransom from, Finlay says, which is one of the reasons the attacks seem to be getting more aggressive
TORONTO — A wave of high-profile cyberattacks has recently hit hospitals, businesses and organizations in Ontario, including the LCBO this week and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and Scouts Canada in December.
"It has the ability for someone with not very much skill set or maybe even not a great command of the English language to create a full, almost flawless script to use in an attack against somebody in a phone scam or an email phishing scam or what have you," Falzon says. "They're increasing across western democracies," Finlay says. "This is a serious problem, a serious challenge, that is becoming increasingly severe."
"They're either using phishing or an even more advanced version of phishing, called whaling, where … it looks like it's coming from an executive instructing his workers to do XYZ," Falzon says "And as soon as they open or click or do anything in that email, they end up infecting the organization.
He advises people to download ransomware protection software on personal devices and become hyperaware when opening emails or text messages from unknown source."Somebody could send you a text, whether it’s WhatsApp, for example, where a simple text sent to your cellphone, you view it, and next thing you know you're vulnerable. They can control your camera, your microphone, to see where you are, read your text messages, things like that.
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