Chapter 1 - Safety Tips

• - You should create strong and unique passwords to keep your accounts safe
• - Protect your personal and financial information
• - If you reuse the same password, hackers can easily login to all of your accounts if it happens to leak
• - Try to utilize multi-factor authentication if your accounts offer it, to make sure no one other than you can login to your account

1- Create complex passwords

• - Do not give out personal information to strangers/people you don't recognize on the internet
• - Don't post about everything about you on the internet
• - Be cautious about what you do share
• - Don't give people clues about what could be used for them to guess your password
• - Make sure the pictures you choose to post don't disclose your location/address
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2- Don't overshare

• - Always make sure that the website address starts with "https", instead of just "http"
• - Always check if there is a padlock symbol in the URL field
• - If everything above is present, it lets you know that the website is secure and uses encryption to scramble your data
• - Lookout for websites with misspellings/bad grammar

3- Make sure your websites are safe

• - Make your accounts private so that you can choose who can see your information/photos
• - This is so that hackers and strangers can't see what you post
• - Reduces the chances of your account being hacked and having strangers know your personal information
• - Limits your audience to only the people you trust
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4- Keep privacy settings on

• - Make sure you don't download random apps or programs
• - Dangerous downloads would be able to steal your information and/or carry malware to your device
• - Read the reviews of games and other apps to make sure you're not downloading something that a lot of people had issues with (check high star ratings and positive comments)

5- be careful what you download

Chapter 2 - Cybersecutiry and Crimes

What is cybersecurity?

• - Cybersecurity is the protection of internet-connected systems from theft or damage
• - Protects hardware, software, and electronic data
• - Information security is an element to cybersecurity, designed to maintain the confidentiality and availability of data
• - Some other elements of cybersecurity are network security, application security, disaster recovery/business continuity planning, and operational security

Types of cybersecurity threats

• - Ransonware: a type of malware in which the attacker locks the victim's computer system files (typically through encryption) and demands a payment to decrypt and unlock them
• - Malware: a file or program used to harm a computer user
• - Social Engineering: the physchological manipulation of people into giving them confidential information
• - Phishing: a form of fraud where one pretends to be a trusted company and sends out fake emails to have the victim reveal personal information

Examples of the use of cybersecurity

• - John downloads a program that detects viruses to keep his computer and information safe
• - Bryan chose to not open the link that an unknown email sent him, informing him about his of a free trip to Hawaii
• - Tianna didn't download an app that seemed fishy and had bad reviews and comments about "computer started lagging"
• - Anna did not believe an unknown number calling about her lottery win, and she hung up without giving out information