CrowdStrike Impact: Indian Govt Warns Windows Users About Phishing Attack Threat

The after effects of the CrowdStrike attack on Windows systems continues to impact billions of users and the Indian government has raised a warning for all of them. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has issued a security note which highlights the concerns regarding phishing attacks on Windows systems.

The bulletin dated July 26 comes a few days after CrowdStrike had given a clear mandate to its customers and other PC users that they might get emails from suspicious websites mimicking the security company that promises to fix your system from the ongoing blue screen of death issue.

In fact CrowdStrike released a detailed list of websites that could be using its name to contact the affected PC users and its customers over the next few days. These hackers will claim to help you fix the BSOD issue of your Windows PC and offer other solutions needed to get your system running again.

The security company also warned that people might call you impersonating its support staff, and people need to be vary of these forms of communication as well. The CERT-In warning also cites the various source of the attacks that can be used to target Windows users:

– Sending phishing emails posing as CrowdStrike support to customers

– Impersonating CrowdStrike staff in phone calls

– Selling scripts purporting to automate recovery from the content update issue

– Distributing trojan malware pretending as recovery tools

CERT-In CrowdStrike Threat Issued: What Should PC Users Do

The security agency has highlighted the basics for Windows PC users that can help them avoid falling prey to these phishing attacks:

– Do no open untrusted websites or click on links from unknown sources

– Be careful with attachments that end with .exe as they can be malicious

– Download apps/software from genuine app stores and websites

– Don’t answer calls from suspicious phone number

– Always check for website encryption certificate with the green lock in the browser’s address bar

Microsoft has released a recovery tool that will get your Windows system backup. CrowdStrike claims that over 95 percent of the systems are back online but there’s a lot more to be done to prevent such mishaps in the future.