Video Are you cyber safe?

Simple tips to help you live and work online with confidence

To help you keep your information safe, UBS has put together a short video offering advice from our cyber experts about protecting yourself online, at home and at work.

Key Takeaways:

  • Avoid "phishing" e-mail scams by looking out for an unusual sender address, spelling mistakes and strange elements such as the tone of the e-mail, disclaimers and logos.
  • Help prevent corporate "whaling attacks" at work by questioning unusual e-mail requests.
  • Surf the web safely by visiting only trustworthy websites, keeping your software up-to-date, and using different passwords for different applications.
  • Stay secure on social media by using privacy controls and only adding people you know to your network.

The Internet is now just another part of everyday life. It’s where we shop, look for jobs, connect with friends, share our views, post our photos—even manage our finances and business transactions. The benefits it brings are obvious.

But some of the risks it exposes us to are not. The more we use the Internet, the more opportunities we give cybercriminals to compromise our data, breach our privacy and commit fraud.

Are you doing all you can to be cyber safe?

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