Work-from-home security: Avoid phishing scams during the coronavirus lockdown

By TechTalks - 2020-03-30

Description

While we go through the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, here's how to avoid phishing attacks.

Summary

  • As the world scrambles to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing is the best solution we currently have at our disposal to contain the spread of the dangerous virus.
  • Things such as news about the coronavirus cure, or a downloadable guide to avoiding contracting the virus are perfect guises for phishing attacks.
  • But you should exercise caution even when dealing with official sources.
  • Strengthen your account security during the coronavirus lockdown Phishing capitalizes on human error, and at the end of the day, any of us might fall victim at some point.

 

Topics

  1. Security (0.26)
  2. Management (0.22)
  3. Backend (0.18)

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