Quick Reminder on E-mail Security

Today’s story comes from Wired.com and talks about some sophisticated ways hackers/scammers can trick you into becoming their next victim.

Without plowing through the mumbo-jumbo, one of the easiest ways for you to avoid being scammed/hacked through e-mail is to not click on a link or an e-mail in a button.  For example, if you get an e-mail that looks like it came from your bank and it has a link or a button in the e-mail for you to click, don’t.  Open a new browser tab and log in to your bank like normal.  Then take care of whatever the e-mail was about.

Last quick piece of advice: have your bank (and other financial websites) bookmarked.  This prevents you from accidentally mistyping the address and ending up at a scammer’s/hacker’s website that looks just like the real thing, but isn’t.

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Author: Will Eckrich

Will served for 24 years in the United States Air Force filling many roles to include computer programmer, database administrator, network manager, and project manager. He earned a Bachelor’s in Computational Science from the University of South Carolina–Beaufort. He is now the CEO of Eckrich Enterprises, an IT Consulting Firm. Additionally, Will is the author of the A Timeline Of: book series. View all posts by Will Eckrich