As the damage caused by ransomware, a computer virus that demands a ransom, continues to occur, an information security agency is calling for thorough measures before the year-end and New Year holidays, saying that it is necessary to be careful about cyber attacks that take advantage of long vacations. increase.
According to the IPA = Information-technology Promotion Agency, this year there has been a series of damages caused by ransomware, a computer virus that demands ransom, and reports have been received from small and medium-sized enterprises.
Under these circumstances, IPA is calling for thorough measures before the consecutive holidays, saying that the response to cyber attacks may be delayed during the year-end and New Year holidays when system administrators are absent for a long period of time, and the damage may spread.
Specifically, we are calling for customers
to make sure that software such as network equipment is up to date,
and to back up data and systems and store them separately from the internal network.
On the other hand, phishing e-mails that attempt to defraud individuals about their personal information, and "support scams" in which a false warning screen is displayed on a computer and defrauded of money for support fees, etc., are still conspicuous. It means that
Naoki Nakajima, chief executive of IPA, said, "I would like people in charge of companies to thoroughly check the security status once again before going on vacation."