WHAT IS EMAIL BOMBARDMENT?

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An email bombing is an attack on your inbox that involves sending massive amounts of messages to it. Sometimes these messages are incomprehensible. But more often, they will be confirmation emails for newsletters and subscriptions. Thus, in the latter case, the attacker uses a script to search for forums and newsletters on the internet. Then they sign up for an account with your email address. Each will send you a confirmation email, asking you to confirm your address. Also, this process is repeated on as many unprotected sites as the script can find. The term Email Bombing or Email Bombing; it can also refer to flooding an email server with too many emails. In an attempt to overwhelm the server and disable it. But that's not the goal here; it would be a challenge to cut down on the modern email accounts used. Meanwhile, Google or Microsoft email servers, anyway. So instead of a denial of service (DOS) attack; against the email servers you are using. Also, the flood of messages...
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10 GOLDEN RULES OF INTERNET SAFETY

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There are more and more people dedicated to violating websites, email accounts, accounts of different platforms such as Facebook and finally. The security that we must have in all our actions on the Internet must be considered vital so that our projects, accounts and especially our personal data are not affected.

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This time practical but very useful advice when it comes to safely browsing the Internet

10 GOLDEN RULES OF INTERNET SAFETY

Remember that when browsing the web or using online services, security is essential to protect our data and avoid the theft of information or major problems.

RULE 1: YOU NEED TO USE A VPN OR PROXY TO BROWSE ANONYMOUSLY

If we do not want to leave our mark on the Internet, one of the safest ways is through a virtual private network or through a proxy server that acts as an intermediary in communication with the website we visit.

RULE 2: DO NOT SHARE OUR BANK DETAILS

Many computer attackers see the perfect loot in your bank details, so it is necessary not to provide your banking information on the internet under any point of view, except in the case that you already know the seriousness of a company, its reputation and its experience, because perhaps you have to make an acquisition. However, it is better to use secure payment platforms such as PayPal.

RULE 3: BE CAREFUL WHEN BROWSING FROM YOUR MOBILE

If you are already taking the appropriate precautions when browsing from your desktop or laptop PC, do not forget your mobile, because it is very important that you take into account the same rules for this case. Through devices such as smartphones, the owners of others are more likely to violate security elements that may be provided by your operating system.

RULE 4: CLEAR COOKIES

A cookie is a file created by a website that contains small amounts of data and that is sent between a sender and a receiver, in order to know the user's preferences and facilitate their experience on the site. However, the information that is shared is likely to reach third parties, so it is advisable to assess the traffic of this data and in any case from the browser we can decide to delete these cookies to avoid unnecessary scares.

RULE 5: RESTRICT YOUR INFORMATION ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

All the information we upload to social media is in the public domain, even though we supposedly share it for a certain friends area. If we share unnecessary data such as home addresses, phones, emails, we are exposed to many dangers, so use social networks responsibly to avoid blackmail or worse.

RULE 6: CREATE STRONG PASSWORDS FOR EACH OF YOUR ACCOUNTS

By creating a secure password you will prevent someone from accessing your mail, social networks or user accounts of the online services that we normally use. As we know many of them link data from your mobile phone or bank cards, then it is essential to create passwords that nobody imagines them. I give you a tip: create a password between numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters, keyboard characters, space bar, in short; but never with something that has to do with your name or the name of a relative or the workplace or something that surrounds you. Then copy it by hand into a physical notebook, always have it at hand and from there type in your online accounts. So you will have all the security in the world.

RULE 7: DOWNLOAD FROM SECURE WEBSITES

On some occasions we have had the need to download an important document or program that we want or that we suggest, so we must find out the origin of the website, its reputation to have the confidence to do so. This way we make sure we are downloading the program really what we want and not some software that seeks to hack us.

RULE 8: OPEN LINKS FROM KNOWN SOURCES

When we open links from unknown sources, the chances of our computer being infected are almost 100%, that is why we must avoid opening links from internet forums, chat forums, platforms such as Facebook, among others. We always try to open links from known sources. You can tell when a site has a good reputation or not, from its design.

RULE 9: FREE PUBLIC WI-FI ZONES ARE OFTEN UNSAFE

The same smartphones detect when a connection is not secure and warn us, so it is preferable to use our own data if we really want to do an action or better if we have our device well stored. On many occasions we only take it out because we find ourselves doing nothing and looking at what others are publishing, as I suggest you hold on until you find a safe Wi-Fi area or get to your work or home.

RULE 10: ALWAYS USE AN ANTIVIRUS

If you inadvertently opened an unfit link and a virus that puts your computer at risk immediately entered the network, then let me tell you that you are in trouble. To begin with and when installing your operating system on your PC or Cellphone, you must immediately hire an antivirus service, or at least one free, and thus avoid being a victim of information theft or much worse. If you are already infected, there are some antivirus programs that can help you eliminate damaged files, but this is not always the case.

So now you know these 10 golden rules to stay virus-free and as safe as possible on the Internet.


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