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In this edition of GTL, we look at three resources that are aimed at helping both adults and children stay safe in the digitally connected world we live in. The attack surface related to this topic is wide, and each new technology that becomes embedded in our lives provides another opportunity for those out there to scam us or make money without our consent. InternetMatters.org Type: Child Internet Safety https://www.internetmatters.org/ InternetMatters.org is a British not-for-profit organisation launched in May 2014 by the UK's largest internet service providers, BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. It offers child internet safety advice to parents, carers, and professionals. It is really well organised. There is content available by age group and topic, and there are sections that schools can tap into. One also finds guides and activities that parents and their children can participate in. The site's content is kept up-to-date. For ...

T-N-O   ·          If in doubt don’t click it ·          If it is too good to be true then it is ·          Your boss will not come to you for help on topics that are not your job description ·          Use your phone: If you need to confirm an email call the sender ·          Does it look right to you -- is it phrased well / is the style of writing the same as previous exchanges with the person / do the links appear to related to valid websites? ·          NEVER install any program specially to do something that is illegal (watch pirated content, visit blocked sites, …) ·          Finders Keepers – User Weeper – That USB you picked up could infect your compute...

Introduction If you discovered this article because you’ve experienced a similar occurrence please note that Your GOOGLE account was not hacked. This is a way spammers are trying to get you to interact with them.  Yesterday the calendar notification on my phone got triggered a few minutes past midnight. While I am particularly careful not to set alarms to go off during the night it sometimes happens.   Since I’ve made it a policy not to take my phone to bed with me, I got up walked to the table on which the phone was sitting and checked what was the notification associated with the chime. The notification read “ Your iPhone Xs is ready for PickUp ”. I hadn’t created this reminder nor had I accepted a request from a third party on this topic.   Rather than go back to bed I decided to dive into the topic and investigate. If you are not interested in the analysis of the topic jump to the section “ How d...