Just sat here sending an e-mail to someone of this parish when an e-mail pops across my screen. In essence it is from a named person from an '@outlook.com' address. The general script is not bad, nowhere near the 'give me your bank details and I will deposit all the wealth of Nigeria into your account' type of grammar, but does contain errors.
It highlights a password that I have used and may still be current, but only on low level non financial logins, but sites that I may have made an online purchase at. It tells me that I have visited an adult site and they have infected me with malware and have secured my keystrokes etc. The are now blackmailing me to pay them in bit coins, otherwise they will tell the world etc.
The thing is - I have Apple devices only in the home, and the e-mail address they have targeted is a dormant one which only has a forwarding system in place to my current address. I have been with a number of people who have held my Data and have subsequently they have advised they have been hacked etc. Can't think of which companies these were off hand but a couple over the last year or so.
My question is - I have binned this e-mail and if I knew how to block the sender I would. But do I need to do anything to check I have not been 'infected' I thought the malware stuff did not work on Apple?
Advice please from those who are in the know.
Ta very much.
It highlights a password that I have used and may still be current, but only on low level non financial logins, but sites that I may have made an online purchase at. It tells me that I have visited an adult site and they have infected me with malware and have secured my keystrokes etc. The are now blackmailing me to pay them in bit coins, otherwise they will tell the world etc.
The thing is - I have Apple devices only in the home, and the e-mail address they have targeted is a dormant one which only has a forwarding system in place to my current address. I have been with a number of people who have held my Data and have subsequently they have advised they have been hacked etc. Can't think of which companies these were off hand but a couple over the last year or so.
My question is - I have binned this e-mail and if I knew how to block the sender I would. But do I need to do anything to check I have not been 'infected' I thought the malware stuff did not work on Apple?
Advice please from those who are in the know.
Ta very much.