//Welcome to the University of Lincoln IT Security Blog. I’ll be posting things about general IT Security and especially about IT Security as it relates to University life. I’m not an experienced blogger so apologies if I make a few faux pas.
Mark
////You can try your phishing skills at a McCafe page here
//Did you know there was one?
More details here: http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
And there’s a good site with general advice on just about everything internet and computerwise: https://www.getsafeonline.org/
//This is the time when we all get to have a well earned break to relax and enjoy ourselves.
But watch out and don’t get too relaxed…
Everybody shops online – so be careful about fake shopping sites and phishing emails pretending to come from online retailers.
When using links check the site has a padlock in the address bar that says it’s genuine and check my phishing guide about emails here.
Let’s not spend the days after New Year undoing the damage from some crooks.
Have a good one!
More good advice here
//Hardly a day goes by without another email trying get our help to do something bad.
I wrote a simple guide on how to avoid them here.