[SEO-Updates] Merry Holiday Hackers

[dwinland at library.ohio.gov]

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The holidays are here so are the Hackers

Historically Thanksgiving to mid-January is the most intense time of hacking in the United States

The increase of emails and online shopping websites makes this a perfect time to Hijack Browsers - Phish for Passwords - Spear Phish with Attachments - and Spoof who is sending the email

We continue to have libraries reporting fake emails claiming to come from SEO or our email provider, such as the one below:

If ever in doubt, please give us a call

Thanks to those of  you who report these to SEO

Fake email below:

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If you ever believe your email account maybe compromised, simply change your password.

Want to keep 80% of hackers away, do these 3 simple things:


  1.  Make sure your Windows computers have the latest updates applied
  2.  Make sure your Software on the computer has any needed updates applied
  3.  Make sure you know the name ( if any) of the antivirus software that is on your computer and keep it updated

The internet has lots of free courses to educate one on the nature of email hacking: here are just a couple

            1. Microsoft: How to protect against phishing attacks - Windows security | Microsoft Docs<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fsecurity%2Fthreat-protection%2Fintelligence%2Fphishing&data=04%7C01%7Cdwinland%40library.ohio.gov%7Cd4d6ee9371934db0c0a708d9aabb30de%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637728543214519412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=MpDUqoDT%2FZpD5tLQyRaX9MszLvBcuhTrO2y3J19VUgU%3D&reserved=0>
2. Lynda.com: Avoiding phishing scams - Avoiding Phishing Scams Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Flearning%2Favoiding-phishing-scams-2021%2Favoiding-phishing-scams%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue%26trk%3Dcourse_preview%26upsellOrderOrigin%3Ddefault_guest_learning&data=04%7C01%7Cdwinland%40library.ohio.gov%7Cd4d6ee9371934db0c0a708d9aabb30de%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637728543214529364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=8mySmSo4Hhltz%2B8HmcCO9aU7XpXGd3J4LSeKc%2BMeGzE%3D&reserved=0>
               3. Security HQ: 10 Top Tips How to Detect Phishing Scams | SecurityHQ<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.securityhq.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-tips-to-detect-phishing-scams%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdwinland%40library.ohio.gov%7Cd4d6ee9371934db0c0a708d9aabb30de%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637728543214529364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=o0r0LIs%2F3g4f83nLpaKtdXbMMF1lNg6QN4Et1czRuG8%3D&reserved=0>


Let us know if you have any questions



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Donald M Winland Jr
Infrastructure Specialist II
CISSP<https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/646728e0-086e-4371-a903-7e12be452454/public_url>, CCNA, MCSA, MCSE, NETWORK+, A+
State Library of Ohio - SEO Service Center
40780 Marietta Road, Caldwell, Ohio 43724
Phone:  740-783-5705; 1-877-552-4262
servingeveryohioan.org<http://servingeveryohioan.org/>
support.servingeveryohioan.org<http://support.servingeveryohioan.org/>
library.ohio.gov<http://library.ohio.gov/seo>
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