Entries by Pankaj Rai

Protect Your Online Accounts

In today’s interconnected world, safeguarding our online accounts is of utmost importance. This is important to create Defense Against Unauthorized Access, Protection of Personal Information and Prevention of Unauthorized Transactions. Here are 12 essential tips for safeguarding your online accounts: Use of a “dedicated password manager” is recommended with auto generate password feature. Save copy […]

Secure Your Inbox

Email plays a crucial role in today’s interconnected world, serving as a fundamental communication tool for both individuals and businesses. Email is essential due to its’ widespread usage, accessibility and versatility. Keeping Email Safe Email security is critical because cybercriminals often target it. Nearly every email contains valuable information—financial data, personal details, and more—that can […]

HOW TO IDENTIFY A FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE

The company Meta, previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram.  This post is focused on Facebook. In the first quarter of 2022, Facebook took action on 1.6 billion fake accounts, In the first quarter of 2019, a record figure of approximately 2.2 billion […]

THERE IS NO PRIVACY OUT THERE

  What are the dangers kids face when they go online? Online predators steal peoples’ identities, post inappropriate photos, pretend to be someone they are not, do cyberbullying activities, etc., etc. If this happens to a kid, imagine the kind of overwhelming negative impact it can have on the kid’s emotional and physical well-being. … […]

PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST PHISHING ATTACKS

You can protect yourself against a large number of Phishing Attacks by adopting following behaviors/practices: Always hover over the link in an email to see the destination URL before you click on it. Many times the email link would show legitimate name but on hovering, it would show the real name/ real destination Before taking […]

Digital Literacy- A Mission-Critical Priority!

This article aims to serve as a call to action. The above quote speaks volumes about our role as parents & educators and there is no doubt that parents, educators and Schools are doing a great deal of work in that direction. … However, with this article, I wish to draw your attention to a very forceful […]