Online Safety Rules

Does this look like a legitimate email address: [e-mail]?

• Yes

• No

 You receive an internal e-mail from a coworker one day. The name isn’t familiar, but the e-mail address looks right and comes from @yourcompany.com. They’re from HR and just need to verify some information for your 401k, and they have attached an excel document with the info. What should you do?

•  Check and see if the document looks real, viruses can't hide in excel worksheets anyways
•  Throw away your computer and give the remains to IT
•  Reply to the e-mail asking what a 401k is
• Attempt to locate the HR employee and ask them in person about the document

 How can you verify the legitimacy of a link?

•  Just look at the words in the e-mail; they never lie
•  Right-click and select 'Open in a new window'
•  Hover over the link and look at the bottom of your browser window
• Click on it and see

 What’s a common way hackers disguise themselves as professional companies?

• By buying a similar looking URL
• By hacking the company's email
• By buying off the police
• By buying the company

True or False: An attacker can gain access to your computer through an e-mail.

• true
• false

You know that Savannah Technical College uses Blackboard. Choose the url that is least likely to be valid

• https://auth.savannahtech.edu/cas/login?service

• https://auth.savannahtech.webs.com/cas/login?service

• http://savannahtech.blackboard.com

• https://savannahtech.blackboard.com/webapps/portal

You receive an urgent email that appears to be from IT asking you to reply with your password because your account is "compromised" or "over quota" or "suspended due to inactivity". Do you

• Reply with your password
• Ignore the email
• Call IT to verify
• Immediately log out of your email

You receive an unexpected email that claims to be from the "Help Desk". You must click a link to prevent problems with your account.

• Follow the link, it is from the help desk
• Ignore the email
• Immediately log out of your email
• Empty your junk mail

You receive a "friend" request on Facebook or Instagram, from someone you know. The request says they created a new account.

• Accept the request, you know them.
• Ignore the request, it is a scam.

Your friend calls you, and tells you their account has been hacked. They ask you to put their old account on ignore, and they will send you a new friend request. You receive a "friend" request on Facebook or Instagram that day. The request says they created a new account.

• Accept the request, you know them.
• Ignore the request, it is a scam.