Tips on how to secure Types of Cybercrime
ONLINE HACKING
INFORMATION
BE AWARE OF IMPERSONATORS
Make sure you know who is getting your
personal or financial information. Don’t
give out personal information on the
phone, through e-mail or over the Internet
unless you’ve initiated the contact or
know who you’re dealing with.
SAFELY DISPOSE OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Before you get rid of a computer dispose
of all the personal information it stores.
Use a kill disk to wipe out the utility
program to overwrite the entire hard drive.
KEEP PASSWORDS PRIVATE
Use strong passwords for your laptop,
credit card, bank account, and other
accounts.
THE
UNFILTERED
SIDE OF SOCIAL
is an attempt to exploit a computer
system or a private network inside a
computer. Simply put, it is the MEDIA
unauthorized access to or control over
computer network security systems
for some illicit purpose.
CYBERBULLYING
is when someone, typically a teenager,
CYBERCRIME
bullies or harasses others on the is defined as a crime where a
internet and in other digital spaces, computer is the object of the crime
particularly on social media sites. or is used as a tool to commit an
offense. A cybercriminal may use a
FAKE PERSONA
A character version of yourself. It could
device to access a user’s personal
information, confidential business
be how you act in public or in a
information, government information,
relationship. Either way it's not the ‘real’ or disable a device.
you.
IDENTITY THEFT
occurs when someone uses another
person's personal identifying
information, like their name, identifying
number, or credit card number, without
their permission, to commit fraud or
other crimes.
 SHARE EXPERT PROPER ENCRYPT YOUR DATA
KNOWLEDGE
NETIQUETTE
Keep your browser secure. To safeguard
The Internet is a great platform for sharing your online transactions, use encryption
good information. software that scrambles information you
CHECK, THEN CLICK send over the internet.
AVOID CONFLICT Before you post something, double check
Trading insults and abuse is bad netiquette. that you are saying exactly what you want
DON’T OVERSHARE ON SOCIAL
It is pointless and negative and could get to say. One small error can completely NETWORKING SITES
you banned from the platform or change the meaning of your message. If you post too much information about
community. Avoid being drawn into fights yourself, an identity thief can find
and never post abusive content on social WE ARE ONLY HUMAN information about your life.
media. Remember that an actual person with real
feelings, beliefs, imperfections and KEEP YOUR DEVICES SECURE, USE
DON'T EXCLUDE OTHERS emotions is behind every message, email or SECURITY SOFTWARE
If you have an inside-joke to share with comment. It is sometimes easy to get Install anti-virus software, anti-spyware
another other person, or a small number of carried away and write something that you software, and a firewall. Set your
people in a larger online group, send it would not dream of saying to someone’s
face and can be mistaken for displaying bad
preference to update these protections
through private message.
netiquette or cyberbullying behavior. often.
CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS
AVOID PHISHING EMAILS
WISELY DON’T SPAM
Think about it, before sending a friend Don’t open files, click on links, or
It is normal if you want to be noticed in the
request or accepting an invitation. download programs sent by strangers.
crowd of people on social media but
RESPECT PEOPLE'S spamming (another word for sending the READ PRIVACY POLICIES
PRIVACY same or similar messages lots of times) can They can be long and complex, but they
Don’t give out other people's personal be annoying and may have the opposite tell you how the site maintains accuracy,
information such as emails, address effect. access, security, and control of the
without their permission.
personal information.