Category:
Cyber Rescue
Here are our recommended online safety tips for you:
- Don’t click on links in SMS messages from unknown senders, especially if you haven’t subscribed to any services or filled in your contact number on a website or social media form.
- Don’t open emails from unknown senders.
- If you do open an email that looks legitimately to be from a business, like your bank, but it asks for any personal information like credit card details, your ID number, or your bank account details, mark it as spam. You can always make direct calls or go into a bank to verify if your banker needs any information, and why this might be.
- If you can see that a website is not secure, try to avoid browsing it. Secure websites will have “https” in the full website link. Unsecure websites will have “http” instead. If you absolutely must access unsecure sites, then make sure that you have an antivirus software on your machine, and that you don’t input your personal information anywhere on the website (HINT: our Cyber Rescue subscription includes FREE antivirus software for all your devices).
- Log out of your mobile apps or use your thumbprint/facial recognition features to log back in when necessary.
- Manage your location settings with care, and only switch it on for essential apps, when necessary.
- Don’t share your passwords or your pin numbers, your physical address or your ID number without first being able to triple-check and verify the institution you’re giving it to, and the reason why.
- Don’t answer calls from private or hidden numbers, and end suspicious calls immediately (block the number from your device if it’s visible).
- Change your passwords and check your back-up security regularly, like your two-factor authentication, security questions and recovery account details.
- Don’t play ‘get to know me’ social media games that involve copying and pasting personal information about yourself – often these are related to your device and account passwords and security questions!