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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SOCIAL NETWORK RISK AND HOW TO PREVENT IT

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Social networks are fantastic tools to communicate, inform and have fun, but you must know how they work in a basic way in terms of security in order to guide the youngest towards a responsible and safe use.

Social network sites

Although a prior it may seem like a medium intended simply for entertainment or the absorption of information, it is precisely through another of its facets, such as interaction with other users, where the greatest and main danger is hidden.

The main problems that can occur online associated with the use of social networks, among which we highlight these five:

Sexting: Publication of photographs for “sexual” or “flirting” purposes published by minors.

Grooming: Actions taken by an adult to gain the trust of a minor and try to get a date to sexually abuse him, extort money or incite sexting, among other actions.

Cyberbullying: Psychological cyberbullying among minors using social and messaging channels.

Hacking: Identity theft when accessing the accounts or profiles of minors.

Phishing: Obtaining personal data through fictitious websites for the purpose of hacking someone.

There are many risks associated with using the Internet, such as:

·       Know the use of social networks to guide the participation of the youngest.

·       Establish criteria for creating accounts.

·       Establish criteria to create relationships in each social network.

·       Create a familiar password file.

·       Create recovery email with parental control.

·       Take precautions against the use of open and unsecure public Wi-Fi networks.

Today's world moves in a space of  interconnection between social networks, different apps (games, utilities, etc.) and instant messaging applications, turned into powerful and active social networks, where the already known WhatsApp stands out, chats are. They have become a viral phenomenon implanted in popular culture, they ensure a form of instant communication, with the possibility of sending files of all kinds: photographs, videos or even audios, popularly known among users as "voice notes". Nowadays, although the main problems of the web arise in social networks, the most popular are: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. All of them make use of the geolocation of our smartphone to show the other user the approximate place where they are and the distance between them, which represents one of the main security risks.

Each of the social networks has a functionality, a type of relationship, a type of conversation and characteristics, therefore different risks, but despite this, a series of common recommendations can be established:

·       Be discreet: do not give personal data.

·       Not believing everything you read.

·       Think twice before writing.

·       Make a responsible and / or "professional" use.

·       Always be alert to possible strange behavior.

Check the privacy settings in each and every one of our networks and apps.

A key tool for the safety of the youngest is that parents can monitor their children's activity on social networks to supervise the use they make of these platforms and control the online reputation of minors, thanks to this action we can establish procedures to try to control what is said on the Internet about a person. Some antivirus software can help parents to be alert if something is said about their children on any website. Another good way to monitor our children's social networks is by following the public activity they carry out or reviewing the “hashtags” most used by young people and reviewing the mentions that other users make of it.

So be sure what your children is doing or what every activities they are following on social media by having a track on their activities using antivirus software which provides parental control and also keep your device safe from viruses that can even spoil your computer.

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