Protect yourself
Use these cybersecurity basics to protect yourself and your data. At home, on the road, at school and at work.
Sharing accounts
Your login details are personal. But not long ago you let someone use your account to look something up. Surely, there’s nothing wrong with that? Login scams take many forms....
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Read the terms and conditions
Everything you share online is resold. And you have no problem with that. You wanted free online storage, free email and free access to social networks. You entered your details,...
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Public wifi
Without you realising it, your account has been hacked! Simply because you logged onto a free public network. How were you to know it was a ‘spy’ Wi-Fi? Now other...
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Social engineering
Forgotten your access card for the building? It can happen to everyone. That is why you don’t hesitate to let your seemingly new colleague in with you. Or the postman...
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Spearphishing
You receive an urgent request from a company executive. Can you please pay an invoice right away? This is not the normal procedure, but you are told this is an...
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Keep data secure
Just sending a file from one device to another or making a copy. Via an external hard drive, the cloud or your email. Easy as pie. But where did you...
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Strong passwords
Half a millisecond. That's the average time it takes a hacker to crack a weak password like '123456' or 'password'. And passwords that consist of actual words or birth dates...
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Unencrypted data
You fire off a quick email to confirm an appointment or to share a file. But how do you know your data won’t be looted? Are you sure it is...
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Data confiscation abroad
When you go on holiday, you take all your valuables with you. These days, everything you need to run your day-to-day life, your memories and expertise are stored on your...
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Internet of things
Your coffee is ready when you wake up, there’s a message on your phone to say the washing is done and the thermostat knows when and how much to heat...
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