Protection Against Phishing
There are several steps you can take to protect against phishing:
If you receive a suspicious email Do not reply, even if you recognize the sender as a well-known business or financial institution. If you have an account with this institution, contact them directly and ask them to verify the information included in the email.
Do not click any links provided in these emails (or cut and paste them into a browser). This may download viruses to your computer, or at best, confirm your email address to phishers.
Try not to open any connections. If you get a connection you are not expecting, affirm with the senders that they did to be sure to send the message and intended to send a connection.
Try not to enter your data or passwords on an untrusted Web website or structure referred to in this email.
Delete the message
If you responded to a suspicious email. Contact your financial institution.
Report the content of your email and your actions to the security or fraud department.
Use email etiquette
To ensure that your email isn’t mistaken for an infected message:
Always include a clear, descriptive subject for your email. Consider using a signature, your name, and contact information, on your email.
Always include a mention of the attachment and a description of why you are sending it in the body of your email.
Use security best practices.Utilize a novel secret word for every one of your online records. Numerous individuals reuse a most loved secret phrase for various records, however, if one of these records is undermined, they will all be in danger of information penetrate.
Run a full virus scan of your computer every month. To detect the latest viruses, you must use a current version of your anti-virus software and keep it updated. We offer anti-virus software free of cost to members of the University community.
Protection Against Smishing
How to Prevent Smishing
Here are some suggestions on how to be more discerning about the texts you receive, and ways to stop a potential smishing attack.
Don’t respond to any calls to action you get via texts. Almost every text message is read, according to surveys. And almost half have quick responses. Think before you click on the links or call the phone number listed. Better yet, don’t respond or click or call. This includes sending back a “Stop” message. Just hit the delete key.
On the off chance that you believe you need to react, do it because of the band. Call your bank straightforwardly to check whether you have an extortion alert. Here is a Tweet stream that shows the lengths that one individual went through to research and vet one content.
Is it an out thing of character? Is this content suddenly from some tragically missing journalist? Or then again does it contain (at least one) basic linguistic blunders? Or on the other hand, is a proposal of cash unrealistic? That is because it isn’t. The IRS or Social Security Administration won’t send you texts.
Add the smishing originating number to your block/junk list. Block unknown senders on your phone or use your phone provider’s blockers.
Secure your phone. In a previous blog post, we recommend numerous actions to take. This should include the review of your phone’s and social media privacy settings periodically. Apps such as The Data Detox kit, Jumbo, and Priiv are useful to help with this task.