Information expert identifies smart ways to protect individuals from cyber attacks
90% of “internet” shoppers expose themselves to “phishing”
During a lecture on “cyber security” organized by the Al Bateen Council of the Office of Citizens and Society Affairs at the Presidential Court.
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A lecture organized by the Al Bateen Council, which is affiliated with the Office of Citizens and Society Affairs at the Presidential Court, warned of the danger of writing personal information and bank data on unreliable websites. Personal when purchasing from shopping sites, for easy reuse later, which may expose them to phishing and electronic fraud, identifying several smart ways through which individuals can be protected from cyber attacks.
In detail, the Al Bateen Council, affiliated with the Office of Citizens and Society Affairs at the Presidential Court, organized, yesterday evening, a lecture on “cyber security”, presented by an information security specialist at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Khaled Muhammad Al-Shibli, in the presence of the Minister of State, Jabr Muhammad Ghanem Al-Suwaidi. Spreading awareness and culture among young people, and promoting social communication.
Al-Shibli stressed the need to be wary of phishing and fraud messages that contain promotional links about specific discounts, which may be used to inflict victims, and exploit them to deduct amounts from personal bank accounts, stressing that all state institutions possess modern techniques and devices to address cyber attacks, where they can Through certain devices, determining the location and geographical scope of the attack, whether outside or inside the country, and then informing the police forces to deal with it.
Al-Shibli explained that cyber-attacks aimed at phishing victims take many forms, including: requesting personal data from fraudsters or sending discount messages for some products that contain fake links.
The information specialist identified several ways to prevent the risks of cyber-attacks for individuals, which are the use of anti-virus programs, which are loaded on devices to protect against malicious software, avoiding anonymous communications and messages, in which the fraudster requests some personal data, and the use of complex passwords for each account from Personal accounts of individuals, avoiding, as much as possible, accessing the Internet through open networks in cafes, hotels, malls, etc., avoiding access to fake electronic links that are circulated between friends, avoiding leaving devices open without supervision, and finally copying important information in places other than the used device. per person.
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