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A computer screen shows a social media website with a picture of a beach and a ‘post’ button. The words ‘Finally on holidays!!!’ are typed as a caption above the picture.

Narrator:

Always limit the amount of information you share online.

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A red triangle appears containing an exclamation mark, giving a ‘danger’ warning sign.

Narrator:

Think about the data you are about to share about yourself. Could it cause a threat?

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The camera zooms out to show the whole computer. A loading progress line connects the computer to a Word Wide Web icon and then connects to a hooded character sitting in front of a laptop with a ‘skull and crossbones’ symbol on it.

Narrator:

Posting something that contains your address combined with a recent photo of you on holiday could be an invitation for criminals to target your house.

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View returns to the computer still showing the social media website with the beach image and caption ‘Finally on holidays!!!’. A mouse pointer clicks the ‘Post’ button and it uploads to the webpage.

Narrator:

Remember that a post on social media may spread fast as it can be shared again and again with people you don’t know.

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A computer screen appears and shows different login screens. A hidden password is typed into each login box.

Narrator:

For each online service you use, you should use a unique secure password.

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Mouse cursor clicks the ‘Log in’ button on the @Apollo login screen. The hidden password turns red and an error message appears saying ‘Looks like these are not your correct details. Please try again’.

Narrator:

Memorizing many passwords can become challenging but writing them down would be a security nightmare if someone got access to them.

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The camera zooms in to the @Apollo login screen, which resets and a ‘Password Manager’ dialogue box appears next to a padlock icon in the top-right of the computer screen.

Narrator:

Instead, you should start to use some password manager applications.

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Mouse cursor clicks on an arrow symbol next to the word @Apollo in the ‘Password Manager’ dialogue box. Username and password information are then seen populating in the login fields.

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Three circles appear containing pictures of hands using a mobile phone, a woman sitting at a computer and hands typing on a keyboard.

Narrator:

Being online has become such an essential part of our daily life.

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The camera zooms into the woman sitting at a computer. The screen shows a ‘Connect to Wifi’ login box for the network CoffeShopWifi. A hidden password is typed in and the mouse cursor clicks the ‘Connect’ button.

Narrator:

However, we should all think twice about getting online via a public open Wi-Fi hotspot.

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The camera zooms out to show the woman sitting in a coffee shop environment as she accesses the @Apollo website. A hooded figure sits at a computer on a nearby table. The screen moves to focus on the hooded figure and a ‘Downloading confidential information’ box appears with a loading bar showing download progress.

Narrator:

It might be hosted by an attacker who will have access to the data you are transferring.

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The screen divides into four sections as the progress bar in the ‘Downloading confidential information’ box turns red before completing and says ‘FAILED’. In the other areas of the screen, the hooded figure can be seen, along with the woman in the coffee shop and a ‘Connect to VPN’ login box.

Narrator:

Try to use a VPN to provide a security layer over the insecure open Wi-Fi network, and only access websites over HTTPS.

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A mouse cursor clicks to connect to VPN and the screen returns into the woman sitting in the coffee shop once again as she accesses the @Apollo website as a VPN user. The URL address https://www.apollo.com can be clearly seen.

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A computer screen comes into view showing a progress loading bar entitled ‘Installing Trial’. A red triangle appears containing an exclamation mark indicating a danger warning,

Narrator:

Installing applications on your device from non-trusted sources is a huge security risk.

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A gremlin icon appears in the middle of the computer screen and several folder icons on the left-hand side begin to display ‘No entry’ symbols.

Narrator:

How do you know the application is not coming with malware?

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A pop-up appears in the top-right corner of the screen saying ‘You have 5 new messages’.

Narrator:

Can you take the risk?

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A mouse-cursor clicks on the pop-up and a Mailbox opens showing several emails with subject lines relating to hacking and data security breaches:

URGENT: Your online banking account has been hacked.

URGENT: Your social media accounts have been closed down.

IMPORTANT: Your fraudulent activity is being investigated.

URGENT: Please get in touch about your online account.

EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED: You are a victim of ID theft!!!

Narrator:

Can your organization take the risk?

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A computer screen comes into view showing a pop-up box with the message: ‘Your computer has been infected with a virus and your computer is at risk. Download A++ Premium anti-virus software to prevent harm to your files now.’ Red warning triangles containing exclamation marks are positioned next to the wording to create a feeling of danger.

Narrator:

You might have seen these in the past — you are browsing the web and suddenly a pop-up with a scary warning appears…

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The camera zooms into the pop-up box message and the mouse-cursor clicks the ‘Download Now’ button.

Narrator:

It says that your computer is infected with a virus and recommends downloading a special antivirus software.

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The screen changes to show a larger pop-up window containing a gremlin icon and a ‘Downloading’ progress bar, which begins to fill. The mouse-cursor clicks ‘Cancel’ and the pop-up closes, returning to the computer screen’s desktop view.

Narrator:

You should never follow any of these instructions! Most of these pop-ups are only trying to convince you to download a new potentially malicious application to your computer.

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The mouse-cursor clicks on an ‘Antivirus software’ icon in the top-left corner and an application window appears showing a progress bar and the message ‘Running a security scan’.

Narrator:

Rather, just close the pop-up or the browser and to be sure, run a system security scan with your trusted antivirus software on your computer.

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The progress bar completes and the message changes to ‘System security scan completed. You have accessed a website that poses a security risk. We are checking your system and will delete any harmful files.’

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Camera zooms across an office environment to an employee sitting at a computer. A ‘You have a new email’ message pops up on their screen.

Narrator:

You have just received an email that looks like it is from your IT department.

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The camera zooms in as the mouse-cursor clicks to open the mailbox. The email is opens containing the wording:

Narrator:

It is written in broken English and requests that you click a link to re-activate your account.

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The mouse-cursor highlights the email address: From: itdepartment

The mouse-cursor then clicks to delete the email.

Narrator:

It sounds pretty suspicious. If the link URL is outside of your organization’s domain, it is most probably a phishing email — delete it.

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The mouse-cursor clicks to view the next email, which shows the message:

Narrator:

However, even if it looks OK, before clicking on any links, you should first check-in with your IT department to make sure they really did send this email.