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Lara-Mendez Julian

DNS Over HTTPS (DoH)

As of March 2018, Google and Mozilla Foundation started testing versions of DNS over HTTPS and have no released the beta for the public...
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Don’t Login on Untrusted Computers

A password is only as secure as the computer or network it is used on. As such, never log in to a sensitive account...
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Kids and Family Members

If you have children visiting or staying with family members (such as grandparents), make sure the family members know your rules concerning technology that...
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Dark Web

The Dark Web is a network of systems connected to the Internet designed to share information securely and anonymously. These capabilities are abused by...
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Email Auto-Complete

Be careful with email auto-complete. This is an email feature that automatically completes a name for you when you begin typing it in the...
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Don’t Trust Links Sent in Email Messages

A common method cybercriminals use to hack into people’s computers is to send them emails with malicious links. People are tricked into opening these...
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What is Malware?

Malware is software–a computer program–used to perform malicious actions. In fact, the term malware is a combination of the words malicious and software. Cybercriminals...
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Major News Events

When a major news event happens, cyber criminals will take advantage of the incident and send phishing emails with a subject line related to...
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Two Home Computers

If possible, have two computers at home — one for parents and one for kids. If you are sharing a computer, make sure you...
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Keeping Passwords Simple

We know at times this whole password thing sounds really complicated. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a brain dead way you could...
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