The importance of Information Security in our lives – Part 6

 

6. In our relaxing time

In these moments even our relaxing time is related to the use of a PC or to an streaming service, we should be more careful in the following:

6.1. As mentioned in Part 5, do not lick on links that are coming from any of the services your are registered to

6.2. Always confirmed, as possible, when you received emails where there are requests to provide personal information like bank accounts, credit cards, etc. if possible, call the requesting organization to confirm if the data request is official

6.3. If you receive messages to your mobile phone requesting personal information like bank accounts, credit cards, etc. either via text messages, or through another applications like WhatsApp, Line, etc. do not take action and confirm with the requesting organization of the veracity of the request

6.4. Be careful of the sites you visit. Due to there are several illegal copies of those where users could be redirected to illegally obtain personal information.

6.5. Do not click on ads of doubtful origin. There are several available technics to force malicious software package installations in the user’s PC with only visiting a page.