We have always said it that, there are groups of ‘smart’ guys that can wreak havoc online, otherwise called hackers. A few days ago, these set of hackers shocked the online world by coming up with a strategy to serve malicious infected Ads through hugely popular websites like BBC, New York Times, MSN, newsweek.com, realtor.com, and thousands of other websites, and spread it to numerous online users who visit these sites. As you can see, no one, not even these big corporations are immune from being hacked. The infection was spread through Angler toolkit, Microsoft Silverlight and other software.
Once Angler drops on any of the systems and finds a weakness, it immediately takes advantage and locks such systems. This is not some movie! it happened to thousands of people in the last couple of days.
Although online security companies have now discovered the attack and sort of prevented it from continuing, the fact is that these hackers will likely re-strategize and strike again. This is why you need to get to learn how to protect yourself from possible future occurrences. What should you then do? We envisaged the problem of online security take a serious dimension this year and that was why we gave out some security measures for you to adopt in 2016. You can, however, do the following, in addition to other strategies stated on that post.
- Update your operating system, programs and browsers immediately.
- Also, uninstall any app or programs you have not used in the last 6 months.
- Finally, make sure that you have a good anti-virus installed on your device.
The reality is that malware can still find a way to infect your system because there are vulnerabilities that might come from other areas outside your control. Just do your best and leave the rest.
