{"id":1472,"date":"2020-10-08T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2023-12-19T03:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:01:56","slug":"what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=1472","title":{"rendered":"What Can I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/secure.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/secure.png 200w, https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/secure-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Change Your Passwords.<\/strong><br>Use complex passwords and don\u2019t reuse passwords between your accounts!&nbsp;Turn-on multi-factor authentication whenever possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think Twice About Sharing Information.<\/strong><br>Receive a suspicious phone call from \u201cTech Support\u201d?<br>Your supervisor asking you to buy a gift-card because it\u2019s an \u201cemergency\u201d?&nbsp;Never send sensitive information to people over email. No one should be asking for your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beware of Links.<\/strong><br>Check that website address before clicking the link, and don\u2019t download attachments that you weren\u2019t expecting. This includes links from text messages. If it looks odd, don\u2019t click it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep up-to-date; Install antivirus<\/strong><br>Do not put-off updating those apps, especially on your phone. There could be important security updates that you are missing! Also remember to install antivirus on your own computer and keep it up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delete or unsubscribe from unused applications or subscriptions.<\/strong><br>If you aren\u2019t using that app, it\u2019s probably outdated. Consider getting rid of it! Unsubscribe from mailing lists or cancel unused application subscriptions to reduce the clutter and minimize your risk profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See Something Say Something.<\/strong><br>If something doesn\u2019t look right, report it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Secure Icon made by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simmonstechnology.cmail20.com\/t\/r-l-juvthhd-otrjllizj-yd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alfredo Hernandez<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simmonstechnology.cmail20.com\/t\/r-l-juvthhd-otrjllizj-yh\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.flaticon.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change Your Passwords.Use complex passwords and don\u2019t reuse passwords between your accounts!&nbsp;Turn-on multi-factor authentication whenever possible Think Twice About Sharing Information.Receive a suspicious phone call from \u201cTech Support\u201d?Your supervisor asking you to buy a gift-card because it\u2019s an \u201cemergency\u201d?&nbsp;Never send sensitive information to people over email. No one should be asking for your password. Beware [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[369,37,38,39],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-369","tag-37","tag-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurityawarenessmonth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}