Cyber Security Awareness Month (Week 5)
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Cyber Security Awareness Month is VISHING.
The term “vishing” is a socially engineered technique for stealing information or money from consumers using the telephone network. The term comes from combining “voice” with “phishing,” which are online scams that get people to give up personal information.
In many cases, callers are self-appointed experts or authorities in their fields. They can masquerade as computer technicians, bankers, police, or even victims themselves.
What can consumers do to protect themselves? Here is some advice from security teams:
- Be aware. Consumers need to know that these scams exist.
- Be suspicious of all unknown callers. People should be just as suspicious of phone calls as they are of e-mails asking for personal information. And some experts suggest letting all calls from unknown callers go to voicemail.
- Don’t trust caller ID. Just because your caller ID displays a phone number or name of a legitimate company you might recognize, it doesn’t guarantee the call is really coming from that number or company. This is because caller ID spoofing is easy.
- Ask questions. If someone is trying to sell you something or asking for your personal or financial information, ask them to identify who they work for, and then check them out to see if they are legitimate.
- Call them back. Again if someone is selling you something or asking for information, tell them you will call them back and then either verify the company is legitimate, or if it’s a bank or credit card company, call them back using a number from your bill or your card. Never provide credit card information or other private information to anyone who calls you.
- Report incidents. If related to any company for example banking organization or vendor of your organization.
Cyber Security Awareness Month is WATCH OUT FOR MALVERTISING.
Risks of Malvertising Campaigns
- Compromises your personal information.
- Steals sensitive information.
- Allows unauthorized access to system resources.
- Slows devices or web browser speeds.
Keeping Your Computer and Data Safe from Malvertising
- Keep your system and software updated.
- Educate yourself about safe browsing – Learn to identify suspicious content/links etc.
- Make sure you’re in control of your Flash/Java settings, as they’re often exploited by malvertising authors.
- Use an ad blocker app to avoid advertisements, including malvertising.
- Get an Antivirus and keep it updated.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM RANSOMWARE.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles…”
ARE YOU A VICTIM OF RANSOMWARE? DON’T PAY!!!!!!!
How Ransomware works?
- The System Is Compromised.
- The Malware Takes Control.
- The Victim Is Notified.
- The Ransom Is Paid.
- Full Access Is Returned.
Tips to Prevent Ransomware in Future
- Use a powerful and reliable anti-virus program and scan your computer regularly.
- Do not pay ransom.
- Check Windows Firewall security and turn it on for the real time safety form malware and viruses.
- You must avoid visiting to malicious, porn and torrent websites to stay safe online.
- Avoid downloading any free or unknown program from any unreliable website or link.
- Say a big No to download cracked software, themes and wallpaper, screensaver similar products.
- Do not click on any misleading advertisement that flash on your browser when you go online.
- Keep your Windows OS and other software up to date to avoid vulnerabilities.
- Download updates and software patches only from official and trusted websites.
- Always create a system restore point when you PC is running fine for security purpose.
- Keep backup of all your important files and data to avoid any kind of data loss situation.