At the end of the year-end and New Year holidays, pay close attention to suspicious e-mails on December 30 at 5:35
Since the damage of clever cyber attacks that infect computer viruses etc. with fake e-mails impersonating acquaintances etc. is in succession, the independent administrative agency `` Information Processing Promotion Agency '' when checking e-mails at the end of the year-end and New Year holidays We are calling for careful attention.
According to the Information Processing Promotion Agency, attacks that send suspicious e-mails to invite fake sites or infect with computer viruses are in succession, especially recently, sophisticated fake e-mails disguised as acquaintances and trading partners etc. This means that the virus called "Emotet", which tries to open attachments containing malicious programs, is increasing.
In particular, after the holidays during the year-end and New Year holidays, there is a risk that suspicious emails that have slipped into the accumulated emails may be overlooked, and that damage is likely to spread because software has not been updated during the holidays.
For this reason, the Information Processing Promotion Agency carefully checks for suspicious emails and calls for caution not to open them carelessly.
Shinichiro Kagaya, an expert at the Information Processing Promotion Agency, said, "It is quite difficult to tell at first glance that a fake email is a cyber attack. I want you to carefully check the text and do not open the attached file." Is.