We must abandon the idea that our personal information and
devices do not interest anyone, because they are valuable.
Okay, for a cybercriminal, it will be more sweet to access
information from a financial institution than to access your accounts. But it
turns out that the first is complicated and expensive, while the second is not
so much. And, on top of that, it can be replicated thousands, millions of times
in an automated way.
It is essential to understand this.
Protecting yourself from information or money theft is
easier than you think.
Here
Are 10 Tips To Increase Your Cybersecurity:
1 Use More
Than One Method of Accessing Important Websites
We are simply facing the most comfortable security system
to implement and that to make matters worse, it ensures our life online.
You may have heard of the second factor of authentication
or 2FA. In addition to username and password, to access sensitive sites you
have to enter a code generated by an application on your mobile. This code is
renewed every minute.
To fraudulently access our bank accounts, email or social
networks, in addition to obtaining the username / password, they will have to
physically steal our mobile.
If you don't already have it active in your accounts, I
don't know what you're waiting for.
2 Use a
Password Manager
Different accounts, different passwords. Use strong
passwords, which is nothing more than including uppercase, lowercase, numbers,
and symbols like # or =.
But of course remembering long and random passwords is
impossible.
Also, having them saved in a file or in the browser is very
insecure, the solution is to work with a password manager, where you only have
to remember the master password to access a trunk where you have all the encrypted
passwords.
Changing the password every X time is not a measure that
adds security so look for a good password manager such as cyber protector.
3
Protect the router, the gateway to your connection
The router, like any other smart device (yes, most routers
that we have at home have their own operating system) is permanently connected
to the Internet.
Today it is a primary target of the cybercrime industry. For
very different uses, in fact.
The router in our home, and ultimately, the rest of the
routers we usually connect to (the one at our friends and family's home, the
one at the office, the one at the cafeteria where you go every morning, the one
at transport public) are the main access door to our devices.
And just like at home you don't leave the door open, you
shouldn't do the same with digital.
The priority is to change the username and password to
access the router's administration page that comes by default.
These credentials are publicly known (a quick Google search
tells you what username and password each router model has by default), and it
is the first thing any automated attack tests.
Second, change the password to access the Wi-Fi: As with
the access credentials to the administration page, each router usually has a
series of default passwords to access the Wi-Fi.
Changing them to any other will prevent applications that
track routers with unmodified passwords from being able to access yours.
Finally, use a password WPA2 and higher, so that at least
brute force attacks do not work.
4 Use A
VPN
VPN tools, or Virtual Private Network for its acronym, are
nothing more than systems that make sure that everything you send or receive
from the moment it leaves your computer until it reaches the server and vice
versa is sent safely.
Therefore, we avoid one of the risks that people most
commonly run outside the home: connecting to little or no security on public
networks such as those found in public transport, in hotels and in coffee
shops.
It is a highly recommended tool for all of those who
usually connect to public networks, and therefore insecure.
You simply enter your VPN tool, click to connect, and from
then on everything you send and receive will be protected by encrypted travel.
5
Internet is not the bar counter
Be careful with the information you post on social
networks.
Everything. Absolutely everything you say on the Internet,
leaves a mark.
What about the publications that adolescents post today
when, after 5 years, they enter a selection process for a job?
A lot of personal information can be obtained on your
social networks to be used to deceive you and obtain access data to sensitive
sites. Even to request duplicates of your SIM card.
It's called social engineering, and cybercriminals use it
more and more as we are very generous with our personal data.
6 Be Careful
What You Install
Common sense and prudence.
Think twice if the application that you are going to
install on your computer you really need.
Also check that the applications that you have installed on
your computer, tablet and mobile are using them, otherwise it is better to
uninstall.
Take into account the permissions that you give to each
application that you are going to install.
With special attention to those applications that want to
have access to your contacts, access to your social networks or your camera.
What by the way you should always have a webcam cover covered,
a sticker go 🙂
7 Email
And Threat # 1
Email continues to be a weak point for cybersecurity, the
main threat of which is the phishing attack.
As a basic rule, you should never open an email from a
suspicious or unknown sender, much less download or "open" content
from an email whose address we do not know.
Phishing is the technique of deceiving a user by
impersonating the identity of, for example, a bank or the tax agency, to obtain
personal data, credit cards or bank details, among others.
By default, be wary of any alarmist email that requires you
to click on a web link, especially those that urge you to do so. We must also
be suspicious of all unknown or unexpected senders and not trust unknown
attachments.
The first and perhaps most important thing is common sense.
In addition to not clicking on any links, neither in text
mode nor in images or audio files, check the sender's address.
An important entity will never send you an email from
@hotmail or @gmail.
8 A
good antivirus,
updated.
Yes on mobile too.
Look for a good antivirus that has a
version for your web browser.
Schedule periodic scans.
9 Treat
Your Mobile Like A Computer Because It Is.
Nothing to leave the mobile to the children. And if they
are going to use the family computer always in view of you.
The increasing use of mobile devices means that cybersecurity
threats are growing.
Scams like "sim swapping" or theft of the mobile
SIM card will be more and more common.
Keep your device updated, with an antivirus, browsing with
a VPN and being careful what you install.
10 Update,
Update And Update
When everything works fine, it's very easy to forget about
system and program updates. But it's a bad idea, as you still have to worry
about the third main reason to upgrade: security.
Keeping the system up to date solves security problems and
adds defenses against the latest known attack techniques.
Updates are especially important for devices such as smart
televisions, a gateway to our personal data that, due to its novelty, we do not
have much control.
Check that all devices with an internet connection have
their operating system updated. Then remember to update Antivirus and browsers.
Of course, make sure that you only download all the updates
from the official website of the developer.
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