Online threats have evolved bigger and more intelligent and without knowledge, we may become the victim of this threats. Data breaches is happening every day, and we have to take necessary precautions to prevent this to happen.
Secure Endpoint
Your devices must be updated to the latest firmware. Patches and fix for your operating system must be applied as when available by the manufacturer. Anti-Virus need to be update regularly to ensure latest signature been installed. All these updates is necessary to fix known bugs, software vulnerabilities, and security problems. Regularly by doing so will ensure your devices is secure.
Apart from these, secure password is also required to ensure your account is protected. See How to Create Strong Password?
Un-secure Wi-Fi Connections
Free Wi-Fi is everywhere but none of it is secure and vulnerable to the security threats. Instead of using this unsecure connection, why not using VPN to encrypt the public Wi-Fi connection to ensure the connection is private and protect yourself from the attacker that might ready to do their job.
Beware of Cyber Threats
There are many options of cyber threats, and one of it is Phishing. Phishing is an email scam that impersonate as someone you know and because of the emails look like a legit email, common user more likely fall into this trap. Their motive is to get your information that beneficial to the attacker. If you receive suspicious email, observe the sender email address, email content and make sure to go through every details before giving any information’s, clicking the link given or download the attachment that could harm your computer.
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