THE TALK 2.0
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THE TALK 2.0
THE TALK 2.0 How to talk to adults about online safety THE TALK 2.0 THE TALK 2.0 Most of the time, adults give nothing away. But when they go online, they suddenly drop their guard. Which is bizarre, because once you’re in cyber space, you need to be more streetwise than ever. Most adults think they’ll never It’s a fact that most teenagers are fall victim to an online scam. more streetwise about using the But that kind of attitude plays web than many adults. So, it’s right into the hands of cyber your job to educate your parents, criminals. Those who think they aunties, uncles, grandparents know better are often the ones and any other adults you know that are usually caught out in the about the everyday Internet end. After all, many adults seem traps that could snare them and to abandon all common sense how best to avoid them. It’s time online. We’ve seen MPs posting for you to have ‘The Talk 2.0’. stupid pictures of themselves Awkward! on Facebook, bankers writing crazy emails that go viral and loose them their jobs and even politicians who can’t spell. D’uh! And they say school exams are getting easier? 2 To make ‘The Talk’ a little less awkward, Trend Micro has put together a guide of some of the most common online traps, to help you talk to the adults in your life. 3 THE TALK 2.0 1 Online dating Ever done anything dumb for adults fall victim to these kinds love? Romantic scams are really of scams. If your adult is looking common. Crims have targeted for love online, make sure that dating services and online chat they understand they need to rooms for years because lonely be really careful what info they people often make easy targets. reveal online and that they need Scammers often create attractive to take everyone’s claims with a profiles to lure victims in. The pinch of salt. Suggest they use scammer then comes up with fee-paying dating sites because a sob story to encourage the these are less likely to be riddled victim to hand over personal with con artists. details, such as bank account numbers. It sounds crazy but, every year thousands of UK 2 Fake antivirus software We’ve all seen pop-ups: “Your virus product. Some fraudsters computer is infected! Get help even manage to hold PCs to now!”. These alerts can cause ransom by disabling it until alarm for adults who think the victim pays up. It’s really their computer might have easy to get caught out by this been infected and many of scam and loads of adults do them whip out their credit card every year. The best protection without thinking. It could even is to install some REAL security cost them £20 - £30 a month from a reputable brand such as to buy non-existent AV. These Trend Micro and back up your pop-ups can look exactly like important files. the ones in Windows or an anti- 4 5 THE TALK 2.0 3 Facebook impersonation Facebook is massive. With your Facebook account is only hundreds of millions of users one small step away from worldwide it’s no wonder stealing your money too. 4 Becoming a Bot performance. They can even ✓ send from a hijacked PC are not left in the sent folder. scammers are crawling all 6 make sure that any emails they over it too. They use phishing The settings panel on Facebook e-mails, Trojan horse infections, has so many options it can be a Some estimates have guessed misleading ads and more to con bit daunting for adults. Explain that around 1 in every 20 their victims out of money. to them that if in doubt, they computers in the world is should say ‘NO’ to everything. infected. In other words, But the crime adults need to Also, make sure they choose the someone you know could be be most aware of is Facebook option to publish only to close Your adult’s computer might helping a spammer or fraudster impersonation. When a criminal friends, rather than go public already be under the influence right now. hacks into your Facebook with everything. of a criminal. If it gets infected account they can learn a ton of with a virus it could be turned The web is jammed full of dodgy information about you. Worse into part of a Botnet – an army of emails and websites that can still, they can gain trusted access hijacked home computers which turn computers into a Bot, so to friends and family, so it’s crims use to send out millions of users can’t afford to let their really important to get your adult spam e-mails or commit other guard down. Emphasise the to upgrade their password and cyber crimes. They’re so sneaky importance of keeping computer check their security settings. that it can all be done without security software up to date and Get them to think about their your adult knowing their beloved advise your adult to stay away Facebook password and settings PC could be doing such a thing. from the web’s seedier side and like their online bank account, Cyber thieves can easily use not to download illegal music or because a criminal who hacks machines without leaving games, which are a big source of a trace or slowing down its infections. 7 THE TALK 2.0 6 5 Smartphone app scams Faking it SCAM More and more adults are Tell your adult to always check downloading apps onto their the app’s developer and reviewer smartphones. Viruses can be comments before downloading disguised in a game or app so any app. that if it’s downloaded, it can steal information like important passwords and credit card details from the smartphone. SCAM 8 Sometimes it’s hard to believe believe everything you read anything on the web is real. online – if it looks too good to be There are so many fake blogs, true it probably is. Suggest that fake ads for fake miracle they never buy anything online products, fake work-at-home- without Googling the thing + jobs and fake websites saying “scam” or “complaint”. One or how great all of these fake things two complaints is normal but, are all over the web. You need if there are loads it should set to tell your adult that you can’t alarm bells ringing. 9 8 7 Get rich quick scams Everyone dreams of hitting it first place. The problem is when big and quitting their jobs. Well, the victim calls up to claim the scammers know this and are prize money, they are told they firing out millions of emails a need to hand over a fee first. day claiming that you’ve just If they do, they never see that won a large sum of money, money again or the prize. Make or something. The visions of a sure your adult learns to be dream home, fabulous holiday, more cynical online. THE TALK 2.0 Bank robbers or other expensive goodies can make adults forget they never entered the competition in the Even banking online can be as their bank’s. Would they bank dangerous. The best advice is with someone that gives them a never to open an email from the false email address? bank. Banks don’t email you, but fraudsters do. If they look closely Tell your adult to never give their they’ll notice the real URL and details to anyone online. email address are not the same 10 11 THE TALK 2.0 10 9 Jobs Shopping Sites like eBay are really popular. Never give bank details to Most people on there are honest, anyone online. Check the seller’s but there are always a few who rating and don’t trust anyone will ask for banking details who won’t give their address or because ‘PayPal isn’t working’. phone number. There are a variety of internet job for money to sign up in some scams, ranging from fake jobs, form. Mostly these scams are to scams that try and collect something that is too good to your personal information, or be true. ask you to send money or make purchases for them. Internet job Some sites like Monster are scams have some pretty simple reputable, but they are difficult signs. Usually, it is an unsolicited to police and crims take email. Other methods include advantage of this. job advertisements, which asks We hope that the top ten tips listed above give you some ideas on how to make sure your parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles or any other adults you know stay safe online. Adults can do a lot in keeping themselves safe online and it’s really about being careful with the informationyou share and with whom you share it. We all know that kids are more streetwise on the internet than most adults, so now’s your chance to teach them a thing or two and make sure the cheats and fraudsters don’t win. 12 Sources of information and advice www.trendmicro.co.uk www.getsafeonline.org www.childnet-int.org www.thinkuknow.co.uk www.ofcom.org.uk Follow us on Facebook & Twitter www.facebook.com/digitaljoneses www.facebook.com/TrendMicroTitanium @TrendMicroUK ©2012 by Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved. Trend Micro, the Trend Micro t-ball logo, and TrendLabs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Trend Micro Incorporated. All other company and/or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Trend Micro (UK) Limited, a Limited Liability Company. Registered in England No. 3698292. Registered Office: Pacific House, Third Avenue, Globe Business Park, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 1YL
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