- If you don’t know the origin of an email and you receive several emails a day, move it to your SPAM folder.
- Disable automatic image loading.
- Be careful with attachments! If you don’t know the sender’s origin, try not to open them, especially if they have an .exe extension.
- Clear your history and browser cache periodically, and avoid selecting the option to save passwords.
- Use different passwords for the email accounts you have access to, and change them frequently (4-6 months).
- Don’t open emails with offers, gifts, or fake promotions like, «You’ve won an all-expenses-paid trip to New York.»
- Hover your mouse over links in emails before opening them so you can check if the URL is correct.
- Phishing is a very common practice among cybercriminals that is increasingly affecting more companies. This crimeware (cybercrime for tax purposes) involves impersonating someone for financial gain. Avoid sharing your personal, banking, or password details via email.
- Make sure to log out of your email every time you finish working.
- Be careful with public Wi-Fi networks (usually without passwords). You’re at risk of someone capturing all your personal information or snooping through your email.
- Use BCC or BCC when sending emails to multiple people, this way you will hide their emails from others.
- Don’t post your email address on websites, forums, social media, or content sharing sites, as these have become prime targets for mass spam.
- Keep your programs and operating system up to date. Updates often include security improvements. By updating your software, you’ll close potential entry points that are already known.
- On the other hand, it is also important to carry out a period of training and user education regarding Internet security, since everyone is capable of sending an email, but not everyone knows how to protect themselves from unwanted threats present on the network.
