Yahoo Mail Security Issues. The rising trend of ransomware attacks around the world has also been a victim at Capitol Hill, which has caused concern at the White House's IT office.
Gizmodo reports that the support team issued a notification to all White House staff at the end of April, explaining that there has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks through Web-based e-mail services such as Yahoo Mail.
For this reason, the White House IT team blocked access to Yahoo service until further notice.
According to its latest threat report companySymantec Security (was posted last month), its frequency Phishing via e-mail has declined dramatically over the past three years.
However, incidents involving ransomware attacks (which encrypt their victims' files and require ransom to unlock them) are on the rise, having grown by 35% since 2015.
Although email services such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail try to filter these out scams, πολλές φορές το κακόβουλο λογισμικό φτάνει στα εισερχόμενα των χρηστών.
According to the White House IT team, the recent attacks that have been discovered seem to come from known senders and include zip files attached, making it difficult for the general public to spot them and avoid opening them.
It is clear that email service providers should strengthen their defenses against such attacks. For its part, Yahoo said in a statement that it is "working closely with our IT team to find the right solutions to protect better their customer accounts.”
