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After spending a happy and peaceful Spring Festival holiday, I think all of you have returned to work full of energy.
However, all kinds of online criminals have also recovered from lazy vacations, and are eyeing everyone's online property, online accounts and personal information.
Here, 5 tips for starting cyber security are given for your reference. Let's work together to further strengthen our personal cyber security defenses in 2024.
1.Keep your operating system and applications up to date
The computer has been idle for a long vacation, and the operating system and application software should be updated in time after the start of work, so that the system and software are always kept up-to-date.
Major operating system vendors regularly release security updates and patches to patch various vulnerabilities in the system and improve the security of the system.
Users who use Windows can set it in the "Control Panel - Automatic Update", or go to the latest update patch on Microsoft's official website.
2.Change the PIN of a bank card used abroad
In order to avoid overseas theft of bank cards, cardholders who have traveled abroad and used bank cards are advised to change their passwords (including online banking and mobile banking) immediately after returning.
In addition, before traveling abroad, you should open the mobile phone roaming function, receive and inquire about bank card consumption SMS in time, pay attention to bank consumption SMS notifications after returning to China, keep abreast of account changes, and call bank customer service in time to deal with any abnormality.
3.Let's do a total antivirus
Check the security tips issued by the computer antivirus software in time, deal with all kinds of risks according to the prompts, and carry out a comprehensive anti-virus if necessary, and carry out a thorough "cleaning" of the system, so as to carry out the work of the new year refreshingly.
4.Beware of phishing emails
After a long vacation, there may be a few phishing emails in your work mailbox.
When you receive an email from a stranger, do not click on it, let alone open a malicious link or unknown attachment in the email, otherwise Trojans or spyware will steal the user's sensitive data, personal bank accounts, email accounts and passwords, or carry out malicious** further cyber attacks on the device.
For unknown emails sent by strangers, it is recommended to delete them in time after verification and report the relevant situation to the mailbox administrator.
5.Continue to enrich your cyber security knowledge
In the new year, you should continue to enrich your network security knowledge and effectively improve your personal security awareness and protection capabilities.
The national cyber police propaganda account will always accompany everyone to surf the Internet safely, don't forget to like and follow.