October is Cyber Safety Awareness Month

President Obama declared October Cyber Safety Awareness Month.

According to a report on National Public Radio, home users are most endangered. As cyber criminals get more sophisticated, they perpetrate more and more convincing scams.
Cyber criminals typically go after home computers, which are usually not as well protected as corporate computers are. The most recent study by AOL and the nonprofit National Cyber Safety Alliance found that four out of five home PCs lacked at least one of three critical protections: updated anti-virus software, spyware protection, or a working firewall which blocks certain communications.

Check out the information at Every Click Matters to learn about how one in four computer users may have their information at risk! Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report indicates an online crime (such as a virus, keystroke logger, bot, or phishing attack) occurs 4 times a second!


Do your homework! Be aware of scams, and celebrate National Cyber Awareness Month by keeping your computer safe.