October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) and is dedicated to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. With the theme, ‘Secure Our World’, are reminders of how you can protect yourself and organization from online threats.
Keeping apps and software up-to-date is critical to boosting your cybersecurity defenses. Cyber crooks are seeking vulnerabilities that allow them to sneak in and cause havoc.
Developers are continually releasing software updates that will include security patches. Keeping your devices and apps updated will ensure that you have the latest features and defenses. If automatic updates are enabled, this can take the worry away from remembering to perform this task. Download and install only from trusted sources. There are fakes that can present themselves in suspicious pop-up windows and carry the same urgency as would a phishing email. Don’t click on any of those pop-ups.
If you no longer use an app, delete it. Unused apps that do not get updates are ripe attractants for criminal entry and activity.
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