BEING SAFE DURING QUARANTINE

As Covid 19 lead us towards a total Online World, Cyber security is the one part that we should bother about.

A large stack of Information, the internet is a key point that can be used to inspire, aid and learn. This pandemic reminds me the saying: Not all we were seeing is the real and not all we hearing is the True. While information is frequently changing day by day, it will be a tough task to us to figure out what’s the true and false along with are we secured or not. putting that in mind, here are some thoughts that can keep us informed and safe online.

High consciousness while spreading news they may be Rumors

There is huge stack of information that was unknown on the planet, it is the first quality of people to be the first “knowing this”. Even if a false or incorrect information is put on social media, humans believe and without knowing the information or facts regarding the claim on Media, humans spreads it.

This results to circulate root less information and panic people, one of the crazy Rumor i came across recently was “5G cell phone technology is the cause for COVID-19”.

Looking at Scams not to happen

There will be many people who will be looking to take advantage of others who are on the line of wound we commonly say injury. Internet criminals will be looking at Servers of companies and their employees. Phishing emails, online scams have increased during this COVID-19.

Some of the scams like they send e-mails where if we click links or clicking on images will download the vulnerable softwares and tracking all the information in our computer, Laptop, Ipad. Mainly these softwares will steal personal data like passwords, credit and debit cards pins.

Maintain Distance with Fakeness

We have been seeing that many companies claims that their products can track people affected with COVID-19 and can even cure. By seeing this we can easily find it out that this News is fake because, according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention currently there are no vaccines that can prevent and there was no medication / food that was approved to treat COVID-19. National Cyber Workers will keep an eye on all those who are working on these Fake claims and will take legal action against them. If in case if you came across any fake news or false claim or being an victim to these vulnerabilities contact the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center.

It is very Important to make a point that this article is not having all the inclusive stack type of scams. Be conscious of any strange voice calls, huge text messages and false requests for donations especially during Lockdown. It is very important that washing hands, maintaining social distancing, taking care of online safety and vigilance about our internet should be a main priority.

Author: Mihir Bommisetty