Exercise 1 – Protect yourself against scams<\/strong><\/p>\n Exercise 2 \u2013 Do you know how to stay safe?<\/strong><\/p>\n No matter how careful you are, it’s easy to be caught out by scammers. Do you know how to stay safe online? The following quizzes will test your knowledge about various online risks.<\/p>\n GCF Global (Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc, an online education company) have compiled an Internet Safety Quiz<\/p>\n PNC (a USA bank) have compiled a Basic Online Safety and Security Quiz<\/p>\n Exercise 3 \u2013 A really hard quiz about spam messages<\/strong><\/p>\n ProProfs have created a 10 question Trivia Quiz, Facts You Must Know About Spam Messages!<\/p>\n Have a go, don\u2019t expect to get many answers right, most are quite technical (hard!).<\/p>\n Hint:<\/strong> Search the Appendix A3, Glossary of online safety terms<\/strong><\/a>, for key words that are in the question.\u00a0 You can search an electronic copy of the glossary online on this page.<\/p>\n Exercise 4 – Are you being phished?<\/strong><\/p>\n Phishing attempts are becoming increasingly clever. Identifying phishing can be harder than you think. So can you tell what’s fake?<\/p>\n To make this quiz seem more realistic you will be asked to make up a name and email \u2013 neither need to be real. \u00a0Don\u2019t worry. This information won\u2019t leave your device.<\/p>\n Exercise 5 – How to report a scam<\/strong><\/p>\n If you spot a scam, it\u2019s not always clear who you should report it to: it depends on whether it\u2019s an email scam, telephone scam or another type of fraud. \u00a0Which? have compiled a number of helpful notes, read Report scams to warn others, <\/strong>https:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/consumer-rights\/advice\/how-to-report-a-scam#stop-scam-mail<\/a> to find:<\/p>\n Exercise 6 \u2013 Check how Secure are your Passwords <\/strong><\/p>\n You do have lots of different passwords for different service providers, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n Exercise 7 – Has your password been stolen by hackers?<\/strong><\/p>\n Use the website Have I Been Pawned<\/strong> to find out if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach or whether your password has been stolen by hackers.<\/p>\n Exercise 8 – Find out what is on the Internet about you<\/strong><\/p>\n Exercise 9 \u2013 Online Security Checks<\/strong><\/p>\n The terms included in this glossary are explained in the context of online safety and information security. The majority are a selection from a page on the superb Get Safe Online website that has since been removed.\u00a0 A number of definitions were added from a webpage that was part of Norton\u2019s PC Tools utility portfolio which is also no longer available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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