• ‘Tis the season — for holiday scams

    Posted on November 25, 2019 at 01:05 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    ON SECURITY

    By Susan Bradley

    This year, give your friends and relatives the gift of digital security.

    Ah, the holidays … a time when you can eat until you groan, watch sports until you fall asleep on the couch — and take an equally guilt-free break from relatives by heading off into the back room and quietly cleaning their PCs. (This process should always include running the Microsoft Safety Scanner tool.)

    Providing a bit of IT support for friends and family is well and good, but with smartphones, tablets, Windows 10, and wireless “assistants,” our digital world has become far more complex — and dangerous. So this holiday season, I suggest you spend a little time telling those you care about how the bad guys really are out to get them — and what they need to do to stay safe. Here are a few simple points to help with that discussion.

    Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.43.0 (2019-11-25).

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