Cybersecurity Awareness

Data Privacy Videos 2020

Short videos to educate you on protecting
your privacy online

Too busy to read our articles? No problem! Here are three, short videos to give you some tools to protect yourself from cyber criminals while living and working online.

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Department of Homeland Security: Beware Fake Election Websites

August 27, 2020
Casey Hennig

The FBI has reported an increase in suspicious websites popping up that look like official election websites but are in fact fraudulent. These sites have multiple purposes:

to interfere with the 2020 vote to spread wrong information on how to vote to collect your personal, sensitive information or to get you to download malware on your device.

The URLs of these websites are close imitations of state and federal election websites created with similar URL or domain names, with the goal of catching users who aren't paying close attention or who accidentally enter the wrong address....

Social Engineering Videos

Short videos to broaden your knowledge on social engineering

Too busy to read our articles? No problem! Here are three, short videos to give you some tools to protect yourself from cyber criminals.

Social Engineering Flyers

Broaden your social engineering prevention knowledge

Below are flyers (8.5" x 11") with tips on preventing social engineering attacks.
Click on the image(s) to download the pdf.

Data Privacy Day 2020

All of us exist in digital form on the Internet. When you're online you leave a trail of "digital exhaust" in the form of cookies, GPS data, social network posts, browser searches, and email exchanges, among others. Services that you don’t even use may have information about you. And once something is online, it can be there forever.

It's important to keep what’s private, private, for yourself and when you’re sharing about others. Owning your online presence will help to protect your identity, finances, and reputation – both now and in the future!

Here are steps you...

Phishing

Overview

Phishing is a type of attack carried out to steal usernames, passwords, credit card information, Social Security numbers, and/or other sensitive data. Phishing is most often seen in the form of malicious emails pretending to be from credible sources like people, departments, or organizations related to the university.

Attackers can use this information to:

Steal money from victims (modify direct deposit information, drain bank accounts) Perform identity theft (run up charges on credit cards, open new accounts) Send spam from...

Ransomware Flyers

Broaden your ransomware prevention knowledge

Below are flyers (8.5" x 11") with tips on preventing ransomware.
Click on the image(s) to download the pdf.

Ransomware Videos

Short videos to broaden your ransomware knowledge

Too busy to read our articles? No problem! Here are three, short videos to give you some tools to protect yourself from cyber criminals.

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Smart Cybersecurity Habits

As we begin to spend more and more of our time online, it's becoming increasing important to be able to properly protect ourselves. Follow these 8 tips for forming new and better online habits:

Think twice before clicking on links or opening attachments. Verify requests for private information. Protect your passwords. Protect your stuff! Lock it up or take it with you. Keep your devices, browsers and apps up to date. Back up critical files. Delete...