Have you heard of something called cyber hygiene? Surely, brushing your teeth and taking showers isn’t something traditionally associated with technology — yet the term is a useful metaphor for needing to make smart decisions about your smart devices.

Good hygiene is something you’re taught as a child and something that generally sticks with you for the rest of your life. It involves three basic principles: using products and tools that fit your hygiene needs, performing these hygienic tasks correctly, and establishing a routine.

But what is cyber hygiene and what does it have to do with your computer and connected devices?

Cyber hygiene is about training yourself to think proactively about your cyber security — as you do with your daily personal hygiene — to resist cyber threats and online security issues. Unfortunately, cyber security still isn’t taken as seriously as cavities and root canals. Some people take cyber security for granted, but this may change, as cyber threats continue to evolve. In the meantime, establishing solid cyber hygiene practices should be as routine as brushing your teeth.

Here are a few tips to get you and your family thinking about good cyber hygiene practices.

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E-mail spoofing is the forgery of an e-mail header so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. Distributors of spam often use spoofing in an attempt to get recipients to open, and possibly even respond to, their solicitations. Spoofing can be used legitimately. Classic examples of senders who might prefer to disguise the source of the e-mail include a sender reporting mistreatment by a spouse to a welfare agency or a "whistle-blower" who fears retaliation. However, spoofing anyone other than yourself is illegal in some jurisdictions.

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Know how to identify scams online. If someone offers you some new shoes, a free iPad or an all expense paid trip to Hawaii, you should be suspicious.

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Find out the benefits of running a VPN on your laptop and smartphone, especially if you are in the habit of connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots.

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CyberHygiene For Beginners, Easy To follow Steps For Anyone | Reflexes To Get Used To . Internet safety is the responsibility of EVERYONE! It isn't actually THAT difficult to apply a healthy behavior on the internet to stay secure, one needs to have some reflexes, daily reflexes... Let us call them CyberHygiene…

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From www.techrepublic.com - October 7, 2015 11:31 AM

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If you want to be considered an individual and not just a data point, then it's in your interest to protect your privacy."
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We’re at the Wild West stage of the Internet: the pioneers have come and gone, the big operators are building their mines and ranches, and now comes the plague of carpetbaggers. Just as children once grew up surrounded by guns, but somehow managed to survive, our children now are growing up in the mine-strewn trench warfare landscape of the Internet. It can in fact be navigated with some degree of safety, but not by the incautious.

It falls to us – whether we are teachers, parents or security engineers – to bring up the next generation with some hope of survival. The challenge is to simultaneously encourage exploration and enforce security, or if that’s not available, at least some degree of safety. Our culture weathered the frontier era more or less successfully, so I’m inclined to believe we can deal with the threats of the Internet. The challenge is to do it with minimal damage.

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A few years back, when I was a reporter at The Washington Post, I put together a chart listing the various ways that miscreants can monetize hacked PCs. The project was designed to explain simply and visually to the sort of computer user who can’t begin to fathom why miscreants would want to hack into his PC. “I don’t bank online, I don’t store sensitive information on my machine! I only use it to check email. What could hackers possibly want with this hunk of junk?,” are all common refrains from this type of user.

I recently updated the graphic (below) to include some of the increasingly prevalent malicious uses for hacked PCs, including hostage attacks — such as ransomware — and reputation hijacking on social networking forums.

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From www.com-magazin.de - July 17, 2015 8:27 AM

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Sicherheitsforscher warnen Nutzer von Android- und iOS-Apps vor der Verwendung unsicherer Passwörter. Viele der getesteten Apps verfügen über keinen Schutz vor Wörterbuch-Attacken.

Viele App-Entwickler haben ihre Hausaufgaben nicht gemacht: Rund 53 der beliebtesten Android- und iOS-Apps bieten nach Angaben von Sicherheits-Forschern der Universität Cambridge keinen Schutz vor Brute-Force-Angriffen. Insgesamt seien diese Apps vermutlich 600 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen worden.

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Are you a parent wondering how to block pornography on your child's internet and mobile devices? Our free digital parenting guide explains what is involved.

It is estimated that there are over 4 million pornography sites, that 25% of searches on search engines are pornography related, 30% of all internet traffic is pornography and the percentage of internet users who view pornography is estimated at 42%. (source: Internet filter review)

If that last statistic of 42% seems high to you, a survey by Cosmopolitan Magazine of 4,000 men found that 30% watched porn daily and 71% of men 18-34 watch it at least once a month. In a 2014 survey by the Oxford Union in the UK, 71.8% of all students said they view porn; 91% of men vs 51% of women.

In February 9, 2014 the Irish Mirror reported that Ireland’s internet porn use has increased 77%since 2010.

The reality is that it is very easy for our kids to be exposed to it. However, if you want to block pornography it is becoming increasingly difficult and complicated. It is no longer as simple as installing some anti porn software on your PC or installing a porn filter on your PC because kids now access the internet predominantly on mobile devices and also via gaming consoles.

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Backup A MUST With ALL The Malware AND Especially Ransomware Around! NOT sure if YOU followed OR if YOU are conscientious about WHAT is going around actually on the internet concerning "Malware" and "CyberSecurity", BUT YOU SHOULD!!! THIS is a Wake-UP Call take it serious please! That is called ALSO <===> Proactive THINKing <===> eSkills

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Most of us have things on the web that we want to keep safe. One of the best ways to keep those things secure is to make sure that you have set strong passwords!

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Most of us have things on the web that we want to keep safe. One of the best ways to keep those things secure is to make sure that you have set strong passwords!

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. Image credit: http://www.ogilviedesign.co.uk/www.ogilviedesign.co.uk/Welcome.html . Safer Internet Day 2016 - Save the date! . . . Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people across the world. Safer Internet Day 2016 will…

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Bee Secure a créé un site web dédié spécialement aux seniors, afin de les informer et les conseiller quant à une utilisation plus maîtrisée d'internet.

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From blogs.sophos.com - October 20, 2015 3:54 AM

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On your own network, you get to set the security rules.

You can make sure your router has a decent password; you can keep everything patched; you can run security software on all your devices; and so on.

But once you’re on the road, whether it’s free Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or the business network in the airport lounge, you don’t have the same control.

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Olivier Baggiano's curator insight, October 21, 2015 5:16 AM

If you care about your fundamental right to privacy, you should look into using VPN. Especially relevant in this era of metadata collection ....

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From www.pcworld.com - October 7, 2015 2:04 PM

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Investing in a good VPN is one of the smartest steps you can take toward improving your online privacy. We'll show you how to do it right.

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From blogs.cisco.com - October 1, 2015 1:03 PM

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the United States. This year’s campaign emphasizes cybersecurity as part of a deliberate strategy and a shared responsibility, not just a checkbox item.

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the US. Great article, what do you know or what part do you play in Cyber Security?

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Online-Shopping ist eine einfache und bequeme Angelegenheit, aber sind Sie sich der Risiken bewusst? Erfahren Sie, welche Maßnahmen seriöse Händler ergreifen, um Ihre Zahlungsdaten gegen Diebstahl zu schützen.

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