Data leaks, ransomiciel … A hacked computer and everything is depopulated.
And new websites are in the crosshairs of the Federal American Police Service: sites to convert files. These sites are sometimes used by very pressed internet users, who do not take the time to check the reliability of the links on which they click.
Conversion tools, blessed bread for cybercriminals
In addition, as forbes relays, these apparently harmless sites are used by cybercriminals to install malware via conversion tools. This can lead to incidents like “ransomics”, “malware or viruses that block access to the computer or its files and which claims the victim the payment of a ransom to obtain access again ”, According to a definition of the Cyber Malvence site.gouv.
To protect Internet users, nothing beats a large -scale prevention campaign. “” “The best way to thwart these fraudsters is to inform people so that they are not victims of these crooks ”, explains the FBI in a press release published via its Denver office.
A whole conversion program that includes risks
According to a Kaspersky article, a private multinational company specializing in information systems security, online converters are dangerous for your private data, because converting a file requires a whole conversion program authorized to read the file, understand its content convert data … and “Each of its stages has risks”!
So, if you download a file on an online converter, the site may keep a copy of the said file for its personal ends. The FBI advises to be attentive to its online activities, to have up -to -date antivirus software and to activate secure navigation, if it is available on your computer.
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