Cyber Security Awareness Month

I am not to be shared.When I am with you, I am solely yours. I get heartbroken when I am shared and I can go a long way to hurt you if you do, what am I?

Which of these actions can contribute to ensuring the security of your passwords?

• Setting a password that is a combination of uppercase, lower case, special characters and numbers.

• Changing your password regularly.

• Not using personally identifiable information such as name, birthdates, and telephone numbers.

• Using the same password for all accounts.

When entering personal data such as credit card information into a website, it is important to verify the url starts with 'https" to ensure the transaction is protected by SSL encryption.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a “phishing” attack?

• Sending someone an email that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like an email from someone the person knows.

• Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information.

• Sending someone a text message that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like a notification that the person has won a contest.

• All of the above

Criminals access someone’s computer and encrypt the user’s personal files and data. The user is unable to access this data unless they pay the criminals to decrypt the files. This is known as ...

• Botnet

• Ransomware

• Spam

• None of the above