Quail Creek Computer Club Welcome
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Quail Creek Computer Club Welcome Quail Creek Computer Club 2 Sharpen Your Awareness Telephone Email Network Computer Quail Creek Computer Club 3 Age Specific FBI Assessment Not technically sophisticated Population is generally “trusting” Affluent, we have the $$$ Green Valley is targeted based on demographic zip code (Pima County Sheriffs Dept) Quail Creek Computer Club 4 Telephone Scamming According to Pima County Sheriff’s Dept Scam Squad, this area is targeted by scammers due to demographic as sorted by zip code The Scam Squad takes 5,700 attempted scam reports annually, one for about every five Green Valley residents The year the scam squad began, Green Valley residents lost between $100,000 to $200,000 In 2014, it was $60,000, now it’s they've got it down under $25,000 Quail Creek Computer Club 5 Telephone Scamming (cont’d) Never send or give money to anyone without verification Contact Pima County Sheriff Scam Squad Scam Squad contact; call 351-6744 or email [email protected] Quail Creek Computer Club 6 Phishing Banks/Brokerages will never ask you for personal information online (usually US Mail or telephone) Look for signs that emails are not authentic ie. mispelled words, poor punctuation Links take you to sites where you would disclose username and password Linked sites not “https” just “http” Quail Creek Computer Club 7 Is This Phishing/Spear Phishing? Quail Creek Computer Club 8 Is This Phishing--YES Quail Creek Computer Club 9 Network Public Enemy #1 ???? Quail Creek Computer Club 10 Network Public Enemy #1 Quail Creek Computer Club 11 World’s Biggest Data Breaches http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks Quail Creek Computer Club 12 Ever Been PWNed? It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force. Have you been pwned? https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Quail Creek Computer Club 13 Computers Quail Creek Computer Club 14 Web Browsers Quail Creek Computer Club 15 Web Browser Criteria Chrome Security Safari FireFox Speed (Mac) Opera Privacy Edge Useable I Explore Quail Creek Computer Club 16 Best Web Browser Chrome Security FireFox Opera Speed Privacy Edge Useability I Explore Quail Creek Computer Club 17 And the Winner Is… Chrome Safari (PC) (Mac) Quail Creek Computer Club 18 Malware Malicious software that invades our computers Spyware ADware Worms Keyloggers Ransomware Is there anything we can do?? Quail Creek Computer Club 19 PC Recommendations http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388652,00.asp Quail Creek Computer Club 20 Mac’s Are More Secure…Right? Mac is Unix based and offers several “built-in” security features Uses Gatekeeper to prevent unsigned software from running on machine—unless YOU approve it Mac relative safety reflective of fact that only 7% of all computers run Mac OS Quail Creek Computer Club 21 Recent MacOS Malware 744% Quail Creek Computer Club 22 Mac Helper Recent popularity shows increase of attacks on Mac Becoming more worthwhile for hackers to develop Mac malware Informed Mac user will: Turn on firewall Use anti-virus and anti-malware Quail Creek Computer Club 23 Mac Recommendations http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-antivirus,review-2588-6.html Quail Creek Computer Club 24 #1 Security Risk Quail Creek Computer Club 25 #1 Security Risk Quail Creek Computer Club 26 Enhance Digital Security Treat Your Personal Information Like Cash Beware of public unsecured networks Secure your WIFI network (router default password & name) Keep OS and Browser up to date Use anti-virus & anti-malware software Use Security Software That Updates Automatically Quail Creek Computer Club 27 Enhance Digital Security (cont’d) Give Personal Information Over Encrypted Websites Only (https) Protect Your Passwords use different one for each account, use Password Manager Use two factor verification when available Shred sensitive paperwork Back Up Your Operating System, Apps and Files Quail Creek Computer Club 28 Questions?? Quail Creek Computer Club 29 30.