Smishing Is SMS Phishing When a scammer sends you a text, it’s called “smishing” for “SMS phishing”. A recent phishing email campaign to the MSVU community linked to a web form that asked for an…
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Social Media Safety Tips Social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are means of staying connected with friends and sources of entertainment, but they do come with some risk to your privacy. TikTok especially…
Job Scam Prevention Tips Job scams are everywhere on the Internet, and they often target students looking for work. Here are some prevention tips and red flags to watch out for. See also: Internet job…
Home Wifi Cybersecurity Tips Your wifi router is the front door to your home network. Cybercriminals use hacked home routers in their botnets, and a hacked router would let the hacker see your personal information…
Software Update Tips Hackers exploit bugs in software and hardware to gain access to your devices and your data, so keeping your software updated reduces your risk from cyber-attacks, data loss, and privacy breaches. Our…
Whaling Phishing Scams You get an email from your “boss” (or someone else you know) with the subject “Got a moment” asking “Are you available?” You want to help, and reply asking what you can…
Try a Password Manager If you re-use a password across multiple services and it gets compromised through phishing or in a data breach, hackers may try accessing your other accounts using that password. That’s called…
Tax, CRA, and Service Canada Scams Especially during tax season, scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or Service Canada agents may try to steal your personal information or money. They do this using phone…
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