WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD AROUND US
The cybercriminal activity across the globe continues at an alarming rate. Attackers are tampering with credit card readers at supermarkets and ATM’s around the country. In South Korea hacker’s stole data including names, usernames, passwords and registration numbers belonging to 13 million online game players.
Everyone is personally responsible to always monitor the use of their debit and credit cards.
Since January 2005, there have been 542,649,127 security breaches in the US. Every day there are stories of new types of electronic attacks from a variety of sources appearing in the news. Some of these attacks are:
Spam – is the use of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately.
Malware – (short for malicious software), is software designed to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Spyware - is a type of malware (malicious software) installed on computers that collect information about users without their knowledge.
It should be part of each person’s daily responsibility to make sure their individual personal computer is constantly updated with the latest MAC or Microsoft patches. We can no longer depend on someone else to make our personal computers safe. Your personal computer should be protected by a Spyware/Antivirus vendor who updates your protection daily. Failure to do so could result in identity theft due to loss of personal data.
Home City Federal believes in always providing the highest level of information security to its customers.
