Protecting Yourself from Virtual Threats

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Internet Safety

Student Internet Usage

Internet Safety

Protect Yourself from Online Predators 1 in 5 teenagers ages 10 to 17 have received unwanted sexual solicitation online Predators utilize the Internet to target teenagers By posting personal information about yourself, you are providing them with what they need to start a conversation.

Protecting Your Identity from Predators It is important to protect your personal identity by not posting or listing any information that an individual can use to locate you or gather too much information on you. This includes: –Posting Pictures (partying pictures, provocative pictures, etc.) –Listing personal information (phone number, address, interests, etc.) –Listing information about your whereabouts (checking in on Facebook, allowing location services on your smart phone, etc.)

Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft Since 2004, individuals ages 14 to 29 have the rate of identity theft. This is due to the credit reports of teens and young adults being clean and therefore the fraud takes longer to identify. How to Protect Yourself: –Use anti-virus software –Use strong passwords –Be cautious when using cloud computing –Be aware of the security of your WIFI –Do not share too much information online

Your Online Reputation Have you ever Googled yourself? –Look at the information that comes up and determine if you would want other individuals to see it. Everything that you put online is traceable by universities and potential employers. –This can have an impact on your future and reputation.

How to Avoid Damaging Your Reputation With employers, universities, and scholarships checking your online print, it is important to make sure it is clean. You can do this by: –Not posting provocative pictures –Not posting pictures of you taking part in illegal activity (drugs, underage drinking, etc.) –Thinking twice about the comments and statuses that you post about others – Always consider the consequences of what you post!

Not Everything Online is True It may be difficult to distinguish who is a predator online. In chat rooms or social networking sites, a predator may appear to be a 16 year old female but is actually a 50 year old male. Predators use fake information, pictures, and interests to gain your trust and then make contact with you.

NOTECARD ACTIVITY Notecard Activity

NOTECARD ACTIVITY Facebook Experiment

Outcome of FB Experiment Results of Friend RequestsHow we created the account Created the Profile on October 29 th Added a fake picture and cover photo Included education info, contact info, etc. ‘Liked’ things that fit the targeted age group Sent friend requests to 40 LLHS students/alum Out of the 40 requests we sent only ONE student asked if we knew each other

Cyber Bullying

Harm on the Internet Cyber Bullying –“When a child or teenager is harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, threatened or tormented using digital technology.” –Cyber bulling can only happen between minors. Cyber Harassment –“When an adult harasses children, teenagers, or other adults.”

Statistics on Cyber-Bullying Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet. Girls are somewhat more likely than boys to be involved in cyber bullying

Cyber Bullying Sexting: “sending nude pictures via text message.” –20% of teenagers admit to engaging in sexting Messages can be forwarded to unintended recipients Could be embarrassing if pictures were seen by unintended parties

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Survey Results Have you, or someone you’ve known, been the victim of cyber-bullying?

How To Protect Yourself Don’t share personal information or photos –Even if it seems like a good idea at the time! Make a copy of the message, photo or video –Screen shots File a report with local police department Don’t give the bully any reaction

Password Safety

Survey Results

Passwords “First line of defense against cyber- criminals” Phishing –“Phishing is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information.” Sending s Making Phone calls Creating links to false websites

Passwords

How to Detect a Phishing Site Fake websites whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate site –Generic greetings –Threats to your account and requests for immediate action –Requests for personal information –Suspicious links –Misspellings and poor grammar

Passwords Social Engineering Attack –“The art of manipulating people into performing actions to gain confidential information.”

Passwords Social Engineering –Hackers may probe for information that can lead to your security being compromised Be careful what information you give out to whom –Mother’s maiden name? –Where you were born? –What was your favorite pet’s name? –Retrieving information from social networking profiles

Survey Results Do friends and family know your passwords?

Passwords Best Practices –Use unique passwords for each account Use an app to store passwords –Use long passwords –Use numbers, letters (upper /lower case) and symbols –Updated password recovery settings Brute Force Attack –Program that guesses passwords by trial-and-error –Weak Password: hours –Strong Password: several years

Brute Force Attack Most commonly used password: “password” –How long would it take to crack this password that only uses lower case letters? Approximately 5.5 hours A better alternative: –How long would it take to crack this password that uses lower and upper case letters, numbers, and special symbols? Approximately 23 years

Worst Passwords of 2012

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