The bad guys are relentless in trying to steal your information. The latest is a email with a subject line of “You have received a new secure message.” The body of the message has some graphics and prompts you to open the attachment which is a Word file named ‘Secure Message.doc’ (or similar).
Opening the file on a system that’s missing Microsoft Office security updates infects your system via a macro that exploits the unpatched vulnerabilities.
What can you do to help keep your organization safe? From a corporate perspective, make sure you have a good firewall installed, properly configured, and regularly updated. Also make sure that all user endpoints – Mac or PC – have installed, configured, and current antivirus software. And consider using an email filtering device or service to ‘pre-clean’ much of the junk like this scam.
Remind all your users to stop and think before they act on an email message they receive. Everyone stay safe out there!
