CyberSecurity In The news (PHOTO IS FROM GOOGLE IMAGES)

For this assignment, I had to choose two topics and research two articles that deals with incidents of Cybersecurity.

How to spot Social Security scams and protect your identityA recent uptick in scams targeting older adults has seniors wondering who’s really calling them. Here's what to watch out for.

This article is based on identity theft. Scammers are posing as representatives from the SSA and contacting individuals to get personal information to steal their identity or to use scare tactics so individuals can send them money. Everyone can be affected by this situation, but the scammer’s main goal was to target mostly the elderly. Citizens can protect or prevent this from happening to them by contacting the Social security administration directly and ask questions, being aware the proper way SSA communicates (which is mainly via mail) and to check your credit report often.

Who published the content? Whitney Vandiver
Where was it published? Los Angeles Times
When was it published? November 25, 2023
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Article is accurate and the goal is to inform individuals of a recent scam taking place.
How is it written and presented? Informative Article with some ads on how to safeguard yourself from scams.
Links and Citations: Clickable links provide information on SSA , nerdwallet.com and ACL.gov

Email Phishing Scam AlertVirginia Tech has received a number of phishing emails in recent days claiming to offer student job opportunities. These emails may have a subject line such as “POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT,” “ASSISTANT JOB OPPORTUNITY, “Flexible Internship Work,” or similar.

This article is about a phishing scam via compromised emails at Virginia Tech university. According to this article, there were fake emails sent to students to apply for fake job opportunities. the goal of the phishing scam was to gain student personal information to steal money or other purposes. Everyone at Virginia State Tech was affected by this phishing scam. To prevent this type of scam do not reply and report to the school I.T team so the email can be looked into.

Who published the content? Virginia tech Division of Information technology, IT Security Office
Where was it published? news.vt.edu
When was it published? September 6, 2023
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Article accurate, checked multiple sites.
How is it written and presented? Article was to inform students of this scam, no ads.
Links and Citations: Clickable links provide more information what phishing email is and how it can be prevented. (4help.vt.edu)

During this module I have learned about alot of topics dealing with Cybersecurity and ways to prevent it such as being careful on clicking links you are not familiar with, installing a virus protection software on compare, and paying close attention to email addresses.

Citation:

Virginia tech " Email Phishing scam Alert" September 6,2023 https://news.vt.edu/notices/2023/09/it-email-phishing-alert.html

Vandiver, Whitney " How to spot social security scams and protect your identity" November 25, 2023 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-11-25/how-to-spot-social-security-scams-and-protect-your-identity

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