This year's Halloween is filled with spooky decorations, cool costumes, and lots of trick or treating –  but cybercriminals are well aware of the celebration, and very excited to trick you. Here are 5 tips to help keep you safe so that you can have fun and enjoy the holiday .

As the tricksters get tricker...we can get smarter!

The Food delivery service DoorDash just confirmed that they have had a data breach affecting 4.9 million customers and merchants that took place on May 4th, 2019.  Sometimes it takes months for breaches to be reported.

If you ordered food to be delivered by DoorDash on or BEFORE April 5, 2018 you definitely need to change your account password and watch for any unauthorized changes to your credit cards.

As the Hackers get tricker…we can get smarter!

We all know what WI-Fi is but how is your information protected and what do all those wireless settings mean when you go to set up your router? and by the way…..what is a router?

In today’s world, Wi-Fi or wireless networking is significantly important for keeping people connected to the Internet. However, Wi-Fi is highly vulnerable to hacking. Encryption is there to help.

The FBI is warning the public about a nationwide scam involving perpetrators, who are impersonating FBI Agents.

In targeting unsuspecting victims, the fraudulent caller uses technology to "spoof" the phone number from an actual FBI field office, so you believe that the call is coming from federal law enforcement.

As the scammers get trickier we get can smarter….

Hacking is a very specific term in cybersecurity. It is much more likely that Your facebook account was replicated or compromised.

If you notice (or get notified about) changes to your account that you didn’t make, it’s time to do something.

As we already know scammers are tricky.  What usually happens in this scam….is that the bad guys will call you to check on the quality of your service….. After confirming that everything is great….they will let you know that you been approved for a discount or upgrade. All you have to do is pay a few months in advance on a prepaid card.

This is a scam!!!!

As the scammers get trickier we get can smarter

This is a blast from the past.

This scam made its first appearance back in 2002 and resurfaced again 2013….and the scammers are counting on our ability to forget…

Wangiri means one ring and cut and that is exactly what happens. The scammer places a robocall to your number and hangs up after one or two rings. The idea is to peek your curiosity and get you to call the number back. Resist the urge to call back. Restrain your curiosity. 

Can you stop your phone from leaking personal data about you?  The answer appears to be no. Mobile phones are amazing…they allow us access to friends, relatives, grandchildren and a host of online activities designed to exercise our brains and keep us current.

You can’t eliminate all the personal data your phone collects and shares about you. But you can limit it.

This is what’s called a Major data breech. The popular mobile word game  “Words with Friends” was hacked, stealing personal information including names, email addresses, login IDs, passwords, phone numbers and Facebook IDs of 218 million players of the game.  While no credit or debit card information was stolen, personal data was compromised.

This personal information can easily be used for purposes of spear phishing and identity theft

This is a Phishing Scam that pretends to be an “Unusual sign-in activity” alert from Microsoft. Now remember I said pretends…"Think Before You Click" Be Senior Smart!