Wednesday 25 March 2020
Cyber criminals abuse the news about the fact that a lot of people are working from home and the coronavirus, to hack your computer, warns cybercrime expert Maria Genova. The criminals will send links with information about the virus on behalf of, for instance, the RIVM, and will compromise your device. They will then be able to control your computer, possibly delete documents or worse.
Maria Genova made a quiz (in Dutch) that can help you to prevent from being hacked.
For more information, see the NH News article. (in Dutch)
- Make sure your systems are up-to-date.
- Be careful about email asking you to give out personal information.
- Be careful about websites that ask you to log in. Make sure the website is a legitimate one.
- Don't install software just because it promises you to provide information about Corvid-19 or it claims to keep you safe.
