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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This year’s theme is “Do Your Part, Be Cyber Smart.” While the knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and data hygiene has increased during the seventeen years since the first NCSAM, the threats posed by hackers and other bad actors has increased too. 

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Protecting Your Cybersecurity When Children Are At Home

Protecting Your Cybersecurity When Children Are At Home

While there are risks associated with remote work, the odds of a malware attack increase when more family members use the same device, especially children.

“The malicious code children collect on their way to something you’ve never heard of can hijack your computer for all kinds of purposes. There are click-harvesting scams. There are stealth programs that will turn your machine into a spambot. There’s malware that looks OK to your anti-virus program, but is actually recording every keystroke, most particularly when you log into your bank account,” warns CyberScout founder and chairman Adam Levin. 

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