Texas Children’s team members are advised to remain vigilant for ransomware attacks this holiday weekend, after both the FBI and Cybersecurity reported to organizations nationwide earlier this week that highly impactful attacks are more likely to occur during this time.
Given the potentially enormous impact a ransomware attack would have on Texas Children’s, Information Services (IS) wants our entire workforce to be aware of the increased risk and stay mindful of these tips for keeping our network protected:
- Look for the yellow bar. Ransomware typically spreads through phishing emails or by unknowingly visiting an infected website. If while on our network you see the yellow bar, it means the message came from outside of our network. Proceed with extra caution.
- Validate links. If you are being engaged to click a link, take a moment to hover your mouse over the link to see where you will be directed upon clicking.
- Be suspicious of spelling and grammatical errors. Treat these messages as a threat.
If you do come across a suspicious message, click the “Phish Alert” button located on the top tool bar of the email message or simply delete the message and notify IS Security by emailing isservicedesk@texaschildrens.org.
If you have any additional questions, please call the IS Service Desk at ext. 4-3512 (external 832-824-3512).
Thank you for your efforts to keep Texas Children’s secure.