Warning from Apple (Page 4): A scam, I receive about 2 calls a week telling me that my Apple account has been hacked (they say fraudulent activity). I don't have an Apple account. I...

hankswan

A scam, I receive about 2 calls a week telling me that my Apple account has been hacked (they say fraudulent activity). I don't have an Apple account. I use no Apple products at all. But they keep calling. I just hang up.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

All of those calls (I've had similar calls) are scams - good that you blocked the number Jack - have a Happy Thanksgiving!

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

I got one and called Apple as I suspected it was a scam.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

It is a scam. If you are ever in doubt call or e-mail the company directly. DO NOT USE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE SUSPECTED SCAM E-MAIL.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

sippyjug104 wrote:

We received the same phone call. Worse yet, the c... (show quote)

Just as a slightly off-topic FYI....Ransomware attacks will almost always NOT restore hijacked data once the user pays. Some ransomware is easier to clean up than others, but the more sophisticated attacks encrypt the data and it's pretty much lost payment or not.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Curmudgeon wrote:

I must have gotten at least 10 phone calls from Apple alleging that someone had hacked my iCloud account. Has anyone else received these calls or is it another attack

I suggest ignoring the call. Don't bother requesting that they not call again, because they've got your number. Then, call Apple technical support, 1-800-APLCARE, and discuss with them whether your account has been hacked or not.

Fly cessna Loc: Hemet ,Ca

I have gotten one of those

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

johngault007 wrote:

Just as a slightly off-topic FYI....Ransomware attacks will almost always NOT restore hijacked data once the user pays. Some ransomware is easier to clean up than others, but the more sophisticated attacks encrypt the data and it's pretty much lost payment or not.

This is why you back up data regularly...

I clone my startup drive at least quarterly, after running diagnostics on it to be sure it's in great shape.

ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI

Here is another trick I have used when getting those pesky sales calls. My phone rang, I told the salesman I wasn't interested, he kept going. I was close to the front door, so I opened it and rang the doorbell so he could hear it. I told him "Excuse me, the doorbell rang, I will be right back." I put the phone down and went back to watching TV. I waited for about 15 minutes, checked the phone and of course he was gone. I didn't have to talk to him anymore and hopefully I wasted several minutes of his time before he figured out I was not coming back.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ShelbyDave wrote:

Here is another trick I have used when getting tho... (show quote)

I just say "Not interested." and hang up.
Most are Robos anyway.

I even get calls that when I pickup, it starts ringing on the other end. I just hang up.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

In the past couple of days I've gotten two notices that my netflix has been cancelled due to non-payment. Ok with me since I've never had netflix. Different numbers but the same 803 area code. Then yesterday I got a USPS package email from the same area code and I'm not expecting a package.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

johngault007 wrote:

Just as a slightly off-topic FYI....Ransomware attacks will almost always NOT restore hijacked data once the user pays. Some ransomware is easier to clean up than others, but the more sophisticated attacks encrypt the data and it's pretty much lost payment or not.

BitDefender will protect against ransomware attacks.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

SteveR wrote:

BitDefender will protect against ransomware attacks.

Only if it's working

We set up a complex multi-stage attack on a network for a client to perform forensics and network analsysis. We successfully shut down Bitdefender, dumped password hashes, moved laterally to several hosts including the domain controller, exfiltrated data, and then for the coup-de-gras, launched WannaCry (ransomware) from one of the compromised hosts with domain admin credentials and it burned through the remaining hosts that had BitDefender up.

Now, this isn't typical for most home users, and the possibility of a large scale threat actor does this to home computers is almost none. But there is no magic software that can stop everything.

TLDR: If ransomware is executed with domain/local admin privileges, it is possible to bypass BitDefender.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

johngault007 wrote:

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BitDefender had just added this feature. All I know is that since I dumped McAfee for BitDefender my computer has worked flawlessly and it consistently stops virus attack and warns me when I'm going to pages that are unsafe. It also cleans up my computer (when selected) when it begins to slow down.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

SteveR wrote:

BitDefender had just added this feature. All I know is that since I dumped McAfee for BitDefender my computer has worked flawlessly and it consistently stops virus attack and warns me when I'm going to pages that are unsafe. It also cleans up my computer (when selected) when it begins to slow down.

We just finished the attack this week. Again, my posts aren't meant to alarm people. This was based on current trends in corporate/business environments where the likelihood of a user with bad security practices can lead to a domino effect that renders pretty much any security software useless.

Just don't open email attachments or let unknown scripts/software run on your computer