You need the following online security tips to stay safe online in today’s internet world.
The danger of being a Tech consumer is that you never know fully the intention of the person behind the code you use.
The ideology that if you are not paying for the service then you are the product is what is playing out in most of the big tech companies around the Globe.
It is true that Facebook is free to register, but do you see yourself as a Facebook customer or Facebook product? Same with Google.
Have you wondered why there is closely little or no customer care support for you on Fb? Here is the Facebook customer care line +16505434800. Call It or drop a message on the support community and give the testimony yourself on how fast you received your reply. Share your experience in the comment box below.
Though these are the big shots in the industry and most of their acts are under the global lens, but what about those small or Local websites and Apps you visit on your phones with little or no monitoring?
Knowing whom you trust and what you trust online is the first step in reducing your cyber attack vulnerability level.
You are not less vulnerable than the website or Apps you run on your phone or PC.
Cyber attacks and social engineering attacks are becoming more sophisticated, so you need to be very much careful as you transact online.
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Here are four Online Security Tips for Your Internet Security.
1. Don’t enter your sensitive information after following a link or pop-up. If you just clicked a link and the first thing you see is a form to fill in or a login page of a popular site you know, please calm down first and observe the Source of the link. I have shared some tips on how to manage the information you give out online check out too.
2. If you didn’t request it – don’t click on it. If you receive an email or message from an unknown source requesting your details or enticing you to follow a link, please don’t click except you requested for it.
3. Don’t download or run a file you don’t have 100% trust on. That it looks like your bank statement document doesn’t make it your bank statement. Macros are real and can be very malicious, So be careful.
4. Validate every link. That It looks like your school or bank website doesn’t make it totally so. Phishing and IDN homographic attack is real.
There is a big difference between www.example.com and www.examp1e.com www.exarnple.com.
Watch out also when what is on the webpage title is not what the address is saying.
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