Identity Theft Services

Bank Scams
Never give out any information to someone who CALLED YOU. Never give out your information to someone who just wants to verify your identity.

Anytime a financial institution calls you about ANYTHING, tell them your cyber security guy said to tell them you will call them back. A real financial institution will NEVER tell you that you cannot reach them or that you must stay on the phone with them now. Say “goodbye", then Hang up. Look on the back of your card or on your statement for their main number and call them back. They will ALWAYS know what you are calling about if the person who called you was real.

A financial institution will NEVER tell you that you must deal with this issue right now. They will always allow you to call them back so you can verify your are dealing with the right company (bank, credit card etc.).

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Home Network Security

Home networks are currently secured with WPA2. WPA2is the most widespread home network encryption in use today, even though the encryption has been cracked. Today we see a new standard in use. It’s called WPA3.

WPA2 Vulnerabilities
WPA2 is vulnerable to KRACK attacks. This type of attack is relatively easy for a trained hacker to pull off.
More commonly, if you use a weak password for your home’s WPA2 network you are vulnerable to offline dictionary attacks, a type of attack where I try thousands if not millions of passwords until my computer guesses the correct one.

WPA3 fixes the KRACK vulnerability as well as the weak password dictionary attack in WPA2.

WPA3 is the most secure wireless protocol available today.
The issue is most existing ISP routers will not support WPA3 unless they are replaced. Only a small handful or routers were able to have their software upgraded from WPA2 to WPA3. Check with your ISP or look at the configuration of your existing router to see if WPA3 is available.

When buying WPA3-certified hardware, look for Wi-Fi Enhanced Open and Wi-Fi Easy Connect certifications.
Choose a long, complex password for the Wi-Fi network connection (use numbers, upper and lower case letters, spaces and even "special" characters in your password)
Make it a passphrase instead of a single word
Make it long—18 characters or more