Without further ado, let's take a look at the picture first.
Here's the story. A company's finance lady posted that she suddenly had a friend on WeChat during her lunch break, and the name was exactly the same as her leader's avatar. When her "leader" came up, he asked her to count her financial situation and asked for a transfer in the name of "account transactions". Luckily, she was more vigilant and quickly noticed that something was wrong
But some finances aren't so smart. Even if the "leader" changed his avatar, he didn't notice anything unusual, and immediately ran to the bank to transfer money.
You may be curious, how is this done.
From the message, we can see that the criminals operated by controlling her WeChat. How to control their WeChat?Remote control, the computer being remotely controlled is usually achieved by hackers using some attack methods and techniques.
Some common methods:
1.Malware: Hackers may install malware on your computer, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, etc., to gain complete control of your computer.
It could be through attachments, clicking on malicious links, unsafe, or sharing files.
2.Remote desktop tools: Hackers can use remote desktop tools such as TeamViewer, Anydesk, or Windows Remote Desktop to access your computer remotely.
This usually requires that you have the appropriate software or service running on your computer and that the hacker knows the credentials for access.
3.Exploits: Hackers can gain remote access by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems, applications, or network devices. Once they find the vulnerability and successfully exploit it, they can take control of your computer.
4.Social engineering: Hackers may use social engineering tactics such as spoofing, pretending to be a legitimate entity, or tricking you into providing personal information or access credentials to gain access to your computer.
And this kind of attack, the most simple and the most effective. Hacker Kevin Mitnick once mentioned in "The Art of Anti-Deception" that the human factor is the weakness of security.
Many enterprises and companies invest a lot of money in information security, and the ultimate cause of financial losses often occurs in the people themselves.
For hackers, just through a username, a string of numbers, a string of English**, and then through social worker attacks, to screen and sort, they can grasp the personal information, family status, hobbies, marital status, and all the traces they leave on the Internet. Then use human weakness to communicate with others to intervene in their psychology, so as to collect information to invade the system.
Every impregnable system is controlled by living people who are happy and sad, and if you get them, you can get rid of the system behind them.
In order to protect your computer from the threat of remote control, you can do the following:
Regularly update operating systems and applications to patch known vulnerabilities.
Use strong passwords and change them regularly.
Don't run random and unsolicited files or links, especially from untrustworthy ones.
Install and regularly update anti-virus and anti-malware programs.
Disable unnecessary remote access services or tools.
Secure your network connection with a firewall to monitor and block unsolicited inbound connections.
If you suspect that your computer has been remotely controlled, it is recommended to disconnect from the internet immediately, change your password, run an antivirus scan and upgrade your operating system and applications, and contact a cybersecurity specialist or technical support team for further assistance.