{"id":1975,"date":"2023-07-19T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:00:28","slug":"cyber-alert-for-microsoft-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/cyber-alert-for-microsoft-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Alert for Microsoft users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beware of fake Microsoft emails. Don&#8217;t take the bait!<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The latest one doing the rounds states the user was emailed last month, informing them of a new Microsoft update.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It claims they will stop all images and pdf files if the user doesn&#8217;t update to the newest version of Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The email advises you to update your email now to avoid being &#8216;shorted&#8217;. The email also claims they have noticed suspicious attempts on your email account and asks you to verify your account to avoid losing all your emails.<br><br>As a last attempt to lure you in, there is a warning at the bottom of the email claiming your account will be suspended if no action is taken and a link to &#8216;Verify Right Now&#8217;.<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the link leads to a convincing site, it is a SCAM that is designed to steal your Microsoft login details \u00a0<br><br>Please remember DO NOT click on any links and do not give out any personal or financial details.<br><br>Received a suspicious email? Forward it to: <a href=\"mailto:report@phishing.gov.uk\">report@phishing.gov.uk<\/a><br><br>If you believe you have been a victim of a scam please report it to us on 101.<br><br>Reporting these types of emails have led to the removal of 242,000 scam websites as of June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Hugill<br><small>(North Yorkshire Police, Digital PCSO, North Yorkshire)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware of fake Microsoft emails. Don&#8217;t take the bait!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alerts","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.farlington.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}