The Complete Internet Security ManualThe Complete iPhone Manual The Complete Black & White The Complete Coding The Complete Instagram Manual The Complete iPadOS Manual oe The Complete Builall ou nat r b os The Complete FRITZ!Box Manual The Complete WhatsApp Manual © The Complete Mac Manual The Complete Canon Manual The Complete Google Mantal The Complete Internet Security Manual The Complete Cloud Computing Manual The Complete GoPro Manual The Complete Landscape Photography Man ualThe Complete Taitayeateie sya UGLY ishing, Peres Niall e nee tac igital threats with peculiar names expands COTTE NCR CCS oy Au ULC Ey a MR es aU worth more than oil or gold and your personal information is greatly sought after by cybercriminals, scammers and hackers. How prepared CUO Cie CEU Rae Cele Windows 10 computer secure against the continual onslaught of the modern online world? We'll help you secure your computer, network PUR ee eR ee Rar R CEO CO DOPE NUS ER een Ec CM Cue Lil guardians, we also cover looking out for your children when online, eee are god eae UE EC (eR elu) industry experts. You’ll soon be security savvy and prepared for whatever digital threat looms on the horizon. ee ene: enerContents Types of Security Risk Hackers and You Social Engineering. Ransomware: How it Works The Virus Top Ten Pharming Windows 10 Digital Security FAQ (28 ) See Be Smart Top Ten Antivirus and Security Packages Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Review Up Windows 10 Security Why Updating. Important nat to Keep Updated and How ‘Secure Your Web Browser Secure Your Wireless Network What is Encryption? Encrypting Your Windo Top Ten Encryption Tools for Windows Top Ten VPNs Using a VPN for Added Security and Priva © Pincers 10 H Around the Internet? H Data be intercepted! x H 0 Tips to Protect Yourself Against Interception ure Your Dé How to Secure Yourself on Facebook How to Secure Yourself on Twitter to Secure Yourself on WhatsApp What to Avoid when Creating a Pas Password Generators and Too ‘Shopping Online and How to Remove a e een ts 96 Windows 10 Privacy Setting 98 How to Check which Apps are Sending Information 100 What isa firewall? 102 Improving the Windows 10 Firewall 104 Creating a Security Plan 106 Windows Security Che: 108 What isa Sandbo» 4110 Running Windows 10 as a Sandbox 112 Installing VirtualBox 114 Installing Windows 10 in VirtualBox 1116 Creating VirtualBox Snapshots of Window. 118 Create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive 120 How to Back Up Windows 10 122 How to Create a Windows 10 5 124 Extreme Windows 10 Lockdown 126 Cyber and Windows Quiz 128 What the Experts Sa®& Cea 422 Children Online: What are the Risks? 134 Social Media & Children, 136 Search Engine Safety 138 Online Grooming 140 How Safe are the Sites Your Child Can Access? 142 Email and Child Safety 144 Top Child Friendly Email Programs and Services 146 Cyberbullying, 148 How to Prevent and Deal with Cyberbullying 150 Helping Your Child Through the Internet 152 Your Child and Online Gaming, isit Safe? 154 Staying Safe when Gaming 156 Monitoring What's Going On. 158 Monitoring Online Activity for Non-Technical Guardians ine Advice for Your Child 160 Tips for Technical Guardians to Monitor a Child's Online Activity Ten Monitoring Tools to Install and Use Using the Windows Hosts File to Block Sit ® 1168 Staying Safe with Facebook for Teens 170 Staying Safe with Twitter for Teens 172 Staying 1174 Staying Safe with WhatsApp for Teens 176 Staying Safe with Snapchat for Teens 178 Creating a Child Account in Windows 10 180 Windows 10 Family Features 4182 Problems with n-app Spending 1184 Tips on How to Stop In-app Overspending 186 Online Child Safety at Schoo! 188 Where to Find Help with Online Child Safety 190 What the Experts Say 192 Glossary of Terms fe with Instagram for Teenstobe technically heavy. 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Theresa Co TAT been hacked! yp) on sce est) your personal belongings and Ree es= ana = oa a7 Social Engineering With the rise of wider forms of communication, through social media and so on, comes a new wave of threats called social engineering, There are many forms of social engineering, so le’s have a look at what you're up against, and how to combatit. cil engncesng is the new madam way of maiplting people to pve up ther personal and corti lermation.R comes Hany Buses and under erent su heoings, sich a Phstng anda tits een alarm engeang Essent, the scammer lake your human nue ac responses and tun t against you forthe own gin You may think you're Theinétnomatantescmmersaterdoesencependng __notthe sortof person con he pe of cam bang sed but frre mos pat teye | to befooled bya sual ateryourpaeoords ankandcredtcardeaisore6 seam butoften the imate fori gannysor onal dan ae rorcien hers oretake Youre probaly mare anlar wih sda engecng that ereee eteteeney yoususpec een yove evtoteten eal Be eas eee eee fonsoneare vay bsedinNgsa.vhotasconeinoa | OD mori es tho fan eb frune ne lors andl sone nepal reson ons the tn a om or to pt the money n your bank accout Needless oy, the Scam, re moan tnenint trey was nee eine ist place ad should you go eee io ‘trough the proces you wil exntaly be persuaded tohand scam, are ee ae ‘over somne banking information which the scammer can then pas usetto steal from you. and “There are too many Ngutan scams these days may ou more roptoreallfon someone comet beter Maat ‘or some other well-known company, who insists that they scam dre vaknge ins oraherhoml nawarethatscureny | —— ae feng om your compte Tey sku 0 Wa wept teddoulonsa pea eh thal aon em ena ae access 0 your compute. 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Be wary, and ‘queston eventing. vrenbimpiteatonconSocial Engi\ Modern Day Security ) Ransomware: How itWorks = The first instance of an extortion attack is credited to Joseph Popp back in 1989, Since then the frequency, delivery and scale of ransomware attacks has increased significantly; so what is ransomwareand how does itwork? ansomware isa particulary nasty form of malware and dgtal threat Theres usualy some kind of ransomware headininginthe news around thewerld anc those wha are the victims areofen a oss as to what toca net Essentially ransomware ilinfct an individual computer and one ‘ftw things can happen: st, i locks the compute stopping al access tit rom the keyboard, thn stant search for date and Cenenypt the contents ofthe hard chive. Lastly i infects the boot sector ofthe computer and displays 2 message detaing the type ‘of ransomrare and how the indica wl pay forthe release of the data the message can even have fake F warnings included lth ft alternatively, anc the second thing that may happen ance _agjstem sinfected,theransomware wil layin watunti asetime nd date, then do all ofthe above and lock the computer. Waiting fora set time wil ensure that qumerous machines are infected before ary fx canbe discovered loi al the infectes machines se activated at the same time then theres more aa chance of he attacker geting tei ransom pad ‘You normally have as timein which to pay the ransom, usually Tahours the vitim doesnt pay in time, the attacker can introduce a second phase into the ransomuare cade that will ‘ther increase the amount demanced or completely cestoy the flesthat are being held at ansom, Ransomware can be spread in a number of ways. The more popular choice of delivery iia an infected web page, some frm ‘of Fash script that has been hijacked and now contains a link 0 a remote server where the browser wil unvatingy download the ransomware code. More recently there are instances of Drive-by attacks, ere the ancomivare code locates any USB sticks a user ‘may have in tei system and transertselfn the knowledge that the sik il be inserted into wok’ computer The wanna ransomware attackeatlrintheyearwasty lar one ‘ofthe most prevalentin recent years, Is estimate that more than 250,000 computes across 200 counties were infected, endering the lies of big companies such as Fed, Nisan Motor Co and Telefonica SA under siege rom its demands, The National Health Service in the UK was hit too, resulting in weeks of chaos and sorderforthe staf and patients alle How do you avoid getting ransomware on your computer and what happens ifyou're unlucky Co What todo 99 enough to be the target of such an ick? Here are some hints and tips for you.dem Day Securit Nec Pee see) esr cad eng nee Pee aes ce sae pee 99 Peco canned Cease Tet eeeAstormWorm 2.confickerIts tempting to think we've made up the words Phishing, Vishingand Smishing butin actualfactthey/re all forms of social engineering scams. Whilst weve covered social engineeringalready, its worth lookingat these three modern day threatsincividually cial engineering the act, ‘of gtinginformation from aperson based on thee umaninstinet toreacthelporbeentapped into some orm false promise, isn’tas modernas the name suggests. Although the term soci ‘engineering isin attain, ‘the process of obtalningsenstve information fom avietmhas been oundfor avery longtime. Theciga age, they're delivered Nolongerisa victim begutedby post, now theyre bombarded by fase ebsites, emails and astingofoter cleverly dsgused mediums Le’sbreskconm thethreeman, rae methods otha a=camm ptt cbtainyourpersoral information Phishing, Vehingand misting, Social engineering fraud comes in many guises, with daly sounding, methods. In the 66 Gone Phishing lend, the scammers are after your data, butwhat do these three in particular mean? & | Phishingis tr tem to obtain trough ema mesaging cial media and auton sites. They can come ntheformofanemi, or ‘money arable you or presen tobe rom yourbanker creditcard company sdaphshing includesinadouasbefending you,orpetendngtobe somone younaykoo, then asking or infomation Simi 2 hshing sttackeancomein te form ofa cebook erring Wendy et, suchas namethetepfvethings| bout youralfan tagten ends ‘he uniting vet apy tral their dat oft, here they vse bo pets ames, names ry dren ands. 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Pharming falls within the online fraud layerofsecurity and althoughin reality it’s been around for as long as web ppageshave, the methods of deception are continually evolving, Pharminghas become quite sophisticated in recent years, ‘and with the rise of connected devices that offerinternet © what exactly is pharming? tn shot, this te the criminal act of producing 2 fae vwebste and redirecting the victims to it onurontestepggsonste cna wel Harvesting : Con eee ieee ea eee Time ’ . that the web site is fae, asthe front end apes ‘thereathng, even downto the smal pinta the bottom ofthe page illogin with their details [Aer the user has logged in several options are snolable to te ‘pharmer, They can collet the Usemame and login details and simply eave cum wih a blank web page; this usually 3 rmethed used by an amateur pharmer o those laho want a quick uemame and passa grab before disappearing into the darkened comers ofthe intemet. 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