Beware cyber crooks as you post information online

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

Did you know that by accepting Facebook requests from people you do not know and have no mutual friends with puts you and your loved ones at the risk of cyber crime? By including your personal information such as where you live, where you work and other personal information such as home and postal addresses and phone numbers, leaves you exposed to cyber crime? By definition, cyber crime is defined as crime conducted via the Internet or some other computer network. Global IT company, Cyber Roam, states that cyber criminals use social media not only to commit crime online, but also for carrying out real world crime owing to over-sharing across the different social platforms. For instance, if someone wanted to kidnap or attack you, they could simply go to your Facebook wall to fetch your information, including your photos. You, on the other hand, would have probably posted a status such as, ‘Leaving work in 10 minutes time,’ or ‘too tired…heading to a bar for a drink or two!’ and the post could also include your location. That makes you, and the millions of people around the world who update such statuses, an easy target of cyber crime. Norton […]

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