Protect your office emails!
By Gina on February 9, 2012 | Spam and email, email, inbox, malicious attachments, rogue links, strong password
Despite online communication, instant messaging via various programs and also using Facebook or Twitter, most workplaces rely on emails. These may be convenient but they also can be dangerous to use because of various attacks, phishers, spam, rogue links and other things that may infect your system. If you are not vigilant you may fall victim to these viruses contained and sent to you via inbox.
Even if Google and Facebook are now trying to establish a new standard called DMARC to reduce such threats in the future, for now you should use few tips in order to protect your work email.
1. Use a strong password
Firstly, you need to use a password because this is most important thing you need to do to secure your email. Most mail systems require one but there are many ways to bypass using a password to access your inbox. You need to make sure that your email is protected with a password or any other device with which your email can be reached. It is needed that you would use a strong password which would be difficult to crack.
2. Use HTTPS
It is useful to use the secure HTTPS method if using web-based email systems. This method encrypts your data which spreads across the web and makes harder to infect your system and private data.
3. Avoid attachments
Be careful with attachments you are getting to your email. It is still popular to mislead computer users with such a try out to gain cybercriminals' purposes. Do not open attachments that you don't expect because they often contain various viruses. Infections may lay within the message that supposedly is coming from your colleagues. If you have second thoughts about it you've better ask person if they send you email letter with attachment within. Pay an attention, if your email service offers virus scan, don't decline it.
4. Avoid phishing attacks
Be suspicious if you are redirected to websites that ask you to fill personal information, type your password or username, or fill a survey that requires you to provide credit card information. Do not fall for such scams. By following these steps you will give phishers your private information that will let them to reach your real account and use it for their malicious intentions.
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