It has become a world that everyone needs to have some understanding about being secure when you are dealing with things on the computer or any device that connects to the internet. It can be emails that you receive that look good in some ways but can have issues with them, or text messages you get saying they are from your bank or internet provider.
The world around us has become harder to deal with when it comes to being safe when you are on the internet. For some people, it is the way they grew up because everything they have done has been online, but then there are the generations that grew up with a mix of everything is now online to things weren’t available online when they were growing up.
It is amazing how many emails you can receive in a day that are offering you some service that you don’t need or would want. There are also those emails that look like they may be valid until you do a little bit of digging, and you see that the email it’s from isn’t from who it says it’s coming from. The other thing is how many times do we receive an email with a click this link to update your personal information, and it looks valid, but it isn’t. These are the types of reasons why everyone should have some sort of cybersecurity training. It is to help you be aware of what is good and what isn’t and how doing a few simple checks before clicking on a link can keep you safe.
Text messages are also another way that someone can get taken advantage up because it looks like it is valid until it’s too late. How many of us have received those messages with either a bank or Netflix letting us know that our account has been blocked, and we need to verify our information. If you get one of these, the best way to verify your information instead of clicking on the link that is provided is to go to either the app for your bank or streaming platform and log in and see if there is an issue. The link you are normally getting through these text messages are to someone else, and they are just asking you for your personal information so that they can take over your account.
Being aware of what you need to watch out for is important to everyone, no matter how much time you spend on the internet. It only takes one wrong click or one wrong verification of your personal information that can cause you a lot of damage. In the world today, where there are so many more ways that personal information can be compromised, we are the ones that need to ensure that we are not providing it to the wrong people.
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