WorksheetsICT Privacy and Security
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 7mins
You receive a email from your bank, They tell you your account has been hacked and you need to change your password. The email contains no link to the bank just a empty space to input your old password and your newly created password.
Change your password immediately to prevent your account being hacked.
Ignore the email and delete it.
Google your bank and call the legitimate number to make sure they tried to contact you, report email if not the case.
Take a screenshot and send it to your mother as she is with the same bank and may now how to help.
You get a call from someone claiming to be from IT support, they know what type of computer you are using and insist it is at risk. They offer you a free fix and direct you to a strange download link with no “https:” at the start.
Ignore and hang up as you never contacted anyone for IT Support and recognise this as a phishing attempt.
Ignore and hang up as you never contacted anyone for IT Support and recognise this as a malware threat.
Take his advice and download the file since you notice your computer has been running slower than normal.
You didnt ask anyone for IT support and your suspicious over the call. But you make sure your in private mode on your browser before clicking the strange link.
You recently post on Facebook your Spotify mash up of 2024, a few days later you receive a text from an unknown number. It greets you by name and says as a valued customer of Spotify you have received a discount offer. Pay 6 months of your membership now upfront and receive 6 months free.
Pay on the spot as this is a great deal. and it has all your details anyway.
Text back and ask for more details and you dont want to miss out.
Ignore the text and report it to Spotify, as they would never usualy send offers through text like that.
Forward this onto your friends as this is a great deal.
You have a friend you have been playing video games with for a few months that you communicate with online. One day he randomly decides to send you a link saying “check this out LOL”
You hover over the hyperlink to see if its safe, with "https" at he beginning.
You ask your friend what the link is before you click onto it, provided you know the site.
Search the site on google first to see if it contains anything malicious.
all options are safe strategies to protect your information.
You are setting up a Facebook account and your asked to set your privacy preferences.
You secure your account and minimize the amount of information strangers can see.
Leave it set so friends of friends or mutual friends can see all your information, since you don't post much anyway.
You have always wanted to be famous so you leave it open to get the most views on your posts.
skip this step as its not important, your only using Facebook to follow your favorite sports teams.
You receive a text "hey mum, i've lost my phone this is my new number can you save it." what would your response be?
Ignore and delete the number as you recognise this as a malware threat.
Text back and try to find out who they are trying to contact as you may be able to help.
Ignore and delete the number as you recognise this as a phishing threat.
Send this onto your mother as she might have been the intended recipient.
