Media education: from passive consumers to active creators PHISHING ALERT Media education: from passive consumers to active creators PHISHING ALERT Lucia Siliprandi, Italy Lesson Plan attached #2
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators What is phishing? Phishing is an online scam that appears to be from a trusted source. It is carried out in order to steal usernames, passwords, credit card informatiom, and any other sensitive data
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators Why is understanding the risk of Phishing important? Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Your “privacy” and personal information may be seriously compromised
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators How can you avoid a Phishing scam? Never give out any personal information in the emails. Banks, institutions or otherwise will ever ask you for this information via email.
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators What happens if you click a phishing scam link? You may compromise your computer, your account and even your personal data
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators What happens if your computer was compromised? Your computer has to be cleaned and restored to the pre-link clicking
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators What should you do if you receive a probable phishing scam email? If you receive an email you are not sure about, do not reply If the URL does not match the text of the link do not click it
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators What if your personal email account, bank account or any other account were compromised? Change immediately your passwords for any potentially compromised accounts
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators Contact your bank or any other institution to inform them that your accounts may be compromised Ask your bank or any other institution to put a fraud alert on your accounts Check regularly your bank statements and credit reports in order to identify any false charge or suspicious activity
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators How can you avoid certain consequences of your social networking? Do not post anything on your personal blog or any social networking site that could reveal your personal data
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators Consider to use a fakename if you plan to post anything on line Open a free email account to use specifically for social networking
Media education: from passive consumers to active creators Sources Generation Safe www.ikeepsafe.org//generation-safe/ Western Michigan University https://wmich.edu/phishing/phising-facts Berkeley University https://security.berkeley.edu/faqs/phishing
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