by dreinecke » Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:17 am
Ah, cyber security. I know a few things:
1) NEVER click any link. A good bank, etc. will never ask for credentials via a link in an email to you.
2) ALWAYS go direct to the bank's or shopping website to ensure you're connecting to who you think you are.
3) ALWAYS monitor your bank accounts. If you can't do it daily, do it weekly at a minimum.
4) SIGN UP for monitoring of your accounts if your bank/CC does it. They often will put a threshold max that they will alert you on. The downside is that a smart thief will only do things in small amounts. Sure, that $36.99 at Walmart sounds like a quick grocery run the wife made or a possible gas-up on the car. $5000...a little harder to hide.
5) NEVER use the same passwords across all of your accounts. DO get a password vault like Keeper so you can keep track of them easily, not have to type them in, and not even know what they are!
It isn't a matter of if you are going to have your stuff compromised, it is when. Try to limit your footprint.