अब डाक विभाग बनवाएगा ऑनलाइन पासपोर्टnow-the-post-office-will-build-online-passport

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.patrika.com/thumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://img.patrika.com.s3.amazonaws.com/upload/images/2015/07/30/646-1438214646.jpg&w=646&h=416&hash=1438359980" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://www.patrika.com/thumb/phpThumb.php?src=http://img.patrika.com.s3.amazonaws.com/upload/images/2015/07/30/646-1438214646.jpg&w=646&h=416&hash=1438359980" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">ऑनलाइन पासपोर्ट बनाने के इच्छुक आवेदकों को वेरिफिकेशन के लिए अब जयपुर मुख्यालय व दलालों के पास चक्कर नहीं काटने पड़ेंगे। जल्द ही डाक विभाग की ओर से डाकघर मुख्यालय में भी पासपोर्ट ऑनलाइन बनाने की व्यवस्था शुरू की जाएगी।</div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">पासपोर्ट प्राधिकरण व डाक विभाग के बीच ऑनलाइन पासपोर्ट सेवा शुरू करने के लिए करार हुआ है। इसके तहत पासपोर्ट बनवाने के लिए आने वाले व्यक्ति को अपने मूल दस्तावेजों के साथ डाकघर मुख्यालय आना होगा। यहीं पर पासपोर्ट की फीस भी जमा हो जाएगी।</div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">यह सब व्यवस्था डाकघर में ऑनलाइन होगी। पासपोर्ट बनवाने वाले व्यक्ति को स्केन किए जाने के बाद उसके मूल दस्तावेज लौटा दिए जाएंगे। इतना ही नहीं फीस भी डाक विभाग अपने यहीं जमा करेगा। प्रति पासपोर्ट पर विभाग को फीस के अतिरिक्त 100 रूपए का मेहनताना मिलेगा। डाक विभाग के पोस्ट मास्टर जनरल एस. आर. मीणा ने बुधवार डाकघर के वार्षिक निरीक्षण के दौरान पत्रकारों से बातचीत में कहा कि पासपोर्ट बनवाने के दौरान पुलिस वेरिफिकेशन से होने वाली परेशानी से भी आमजन को निजात मिल जाएगी।</div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">ऑनलाइन पासपोर्ट बनने से एक सर्वर पुलिस मुख्यालय व दूसरा पासपोर्ट विभाग से जुड़ा रहेगा। वहीं से सीधे ही संबंधित का सत्यापन हो जाएगा। डाकघर से पासपोर्ट के लिए तारीख व समय दिया जाएगा।</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- blog --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4480765973865409" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2858036370" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">उस दिन जयपुर कार्यालय जाकर संबंधित व्यक्ति अपना पासपोर्ट ले सकेगा। मीणा ने बताया कि आमजन को होने वाली मूल दस्तावेजों व अन्य की परेशानी से निजात दिलाने के लिए ही यह करार किया गया है। पासपोर्ट के लिए बुलाने के दौरान मोबाइल पर एसएमएस की व्यवस्था भी की गई है।</div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">गौरतलब है कि कुछ साल पहले तक मैन्युअल प्रक्रिया से पासपोर्ट बनाने में भी डाक विभाग की अहम भूमिका थी। डाक विभाग की ओर पासपोर्ट आवेदन पत्र देने और जमा कर उन्हें पासपोर्ट मुख्यालय भेजा था। लेकिन उस समय आवेदक के पुलिस वेरिफिकेशन आदि के कारण पासपोर्ट बनकर आने मे काफी समय लगता था।</div><br /></div>

अब डाक विभाग बनवाएगा ऑनलाइन पासपोर्टnow-the-post-office-will-build-online-passport

ऑनलाइन पासपोर्ट बनाने के इच्छुक आवेदकों को वेरिफिकेशन के लिए अब जयपुर मुख्यालय व दलालों के पास चक्कर नहीं काटने पड़ेंगे। जल्द ही डाक विभाग क...

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नजर न लगे कंप्यूटर को

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.jagran.com/images/01_07_2015-computer-care.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://images.jagran.com/images/01_07_2015-computer-care.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />कंप्यूटर आज की सुपरफास्ट जीवनशैली का हिस्सा बन चुका है। इसमें समय से पहले कोई खराबी न आए, इसके लिए जरूरी है इसकी सही देखरेख। सखी आपके लिए लेकर आई है इससे संबंधित उपयोगी टिप्स।<br /><br />कंप्यूटर के बिना आज जिंदगी की कल्पना भी नहीं की जा सकती, चाहे स्टूडेंट्स हों या प्रोफेशनल्स हों या फिर हाउसवाइव्स हों। सभी की जिंदगी में इसकी अहमियत है। साल 2012 में किए गए एक सर्वे की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार 57 मिलियन भारतीय कंप्यूटर का इस्तेमाल करते हैं। ऐसे में यह जरूरी हो जाता है कि लोगों को इसके रख-रखाव और देखभाल का सही तरीका पता हो, ताकि यह लंबे समय तक सही स्थिति में काम करता रहे। तो आइए जानते हैं इन तरीकों के बारे में।<br /><br />1. पानी, चाय, कॉफी, कोल्ड ड्रिंक आदि पेय पदार्थों को कंप्यूटर से दूर रखें। असावधानीवश इनके कंप्यूटर पर गिर जाने से ये अंदरूनी माइक्रोइलेक्ट्रॉनिक कंपोनेंट्स को नुकसान पहुंचा सकते हैं, इलेक्ट्रिकल डैमेज हो सकता है, या शॉर्ट सर्किट होने से इसका डेटा भी करप्ट हो सकता है।<br /><br />2. खाने की चीजें कंप्यूटर से दूर रखें। ये की-बोर्ड की कीज के बीच फंस कर कीटों को आकर्षित कर सकती हैं। कीट की-बोर्ड के अंदर स्थित सर्किट को नुकसान पहुंचा सकते हैं। डेस्कटॉप और लैपटॉप की कीज को साफ करने के लिए आप इयरबड या सॉफ्ट टूथब्रश का इस्तेमाल कर सकते हैं।<br /><br />3. कंप्यूटर को इस्तेमाल करने से पहले अपने हाथ अच्छी तरह साफ कर लें। तेल, धूल-मिट्टी आदि के संपर्क में आने से उसमें गंदगी जम जाती है जो बेहद नुकसानदेह साबित हो सकती है।<br /><br />4. अगर आपके पास लैपटॉप है तो उसे कभी भी फ्लैप के सहारे न पकडें। उसे हमेशा बेस के सहारे पकडें। फ्लैप बेहद पतला होता है और जोर पडऩे से वह अलग हो सकता है।<br /><br />5. डेस्कटॉप या लैपटॉप के तार के ऊपर कुर्सी या मेज जैसी कोई भारी चीज रखकर खिसकाने से बचें। ऐसा करने से तार कमजोर हो सकता है। बार-बार ऐसा होने पर वह टूट भी सकता है।<br /><br />6. कंप्यूटर को धूप में रखने पर इसका तापमान अचानक बढ सकता है। इसे हमेशा धूल, धूप और मॉयस्चर से दूर ठंडे, छायादार और सूखे स्थान पर रखें।<br /><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- blog --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4480765973865409" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="2858036370" style="display: block;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> 7. कंप्यूटर के मदरबोर्ड और ग्रािफक कार्ड जैसे हिस्सों को हमेशा उनके किनारों की मदद से पकडें। कभी भी उनकी कनेक्टिंग पिन्स और ट्रांजिस्टर्स को हाथ न लगाएं।<br /><br />8. डिस्क ड्राइव को बेहद सावधानी के साथ खोलें। हडबडी में या बलपूर्वक खोलने से इनके अंदरूनी पाट्र्स ख्ाराब हो सकते हैं।<br /><br />9. इयरफोन, डेटाकेबल या चार्जिंग केबल जैसी डिवाइसेज को उचित स्लॉट में प्लग करें। किसी डिवाइस को गलत स्लॉट में लगाने से वह स्लॉट हमेशा के लिए ख्ाराब हो सकता है।<br /><br />10. लैपटॉप को कभी धूप में खडी कार के अंदर न छोडें। कार के अंदर का तापमान बढऩे से वह खराब हो सकता है।<br /><br />11. अगर आपके पास डेस्कटॉप है तो उसे इस्तेमाल न होने पर कवर कर दें। अगर लैपटॉप है तो उसे गैजेट बैग के अंदर रखें।<br /><br />12. लैपटॉप को बेड के ऊपर रखकर इस्तेमाल करने से बचें। लंबे समय तक ऐसा करने पर उसका फैन बेड की धूल-मिट्टी को सोख लेता है और ब्लॉक हो जाता है।</div>

नजर न लगे कंप्यूटर को

कंप्यूटर आज की सुपरफास्ट जीवनशैली का हिस्सा बन चुका है। इसमें समय से पहले कोई खराबी न आए, इसके लिए जरूरी है इसकी सही देखरेख। सखी आपके लिए ले...

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Wi-Fi-enabled sniper rifle hacked to change target

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/hacked-sniper-rifle-1200.png?w=640&h=334" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/hacked-sniper-rifle-1200.png?w=640&h=334" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />We know that our new robot overlords are coming, that drones can already be rigged with guns for remote shooting, and that artificial intelligence might well decide that the world would be better off if our species were to beexterminated.<br /><br />The latest computer-assisted nightmare: sniper rifles equipped with computers and Wi-Fi can be tampered with so that they fire off-target or even at a target the hacker substitutes for the intended one.<br /><br />The exploit comes from security researchers Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger, who spent a year hacking a pair of $13,000 TrackingPoint self-aiming rifles and who plan to present their findings next week at the Black Hathacker conference.<br /><br />In a demo for Wired, the researchers showed how they've been able to exploit vulnerabilities in the rifle's software and compromise it over its Wi-Fi connection.<br /><br />As the video shows, the $13,000 computer-assisted, self-aiming, long-range sniping rifle is designed to fire only when its barrel has perfectly lined up with a target, promising accuracy even to amateur shooters.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BJPCYdjrNWs/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BJPCYdjrNWs?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sandvik and Auger reverse-engineered the scope, the firmware, and three of TrackingPoint's mobile applications.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They found a way to connect directly to the computer inside the rifle to change values in such a way that the interference doesn't show up in the firearm's screen.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then, they fed the rifle bad data, changing the weight of the bullet so that when the scope calculates when to fire, it misses its target. In fact, it hit a target to the left of the one it was aiming at, as the hackers had tricked it into doing, and practically with bulls-eye precision.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The scopes can be lied to: not only can they be told that they're using different weight bullets than they really are, but they can be tricked into thinking they're attached to a different type of gun altogether.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the worst-case scenario, as Sandvik described it to <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/29/technology/hack-smart-rifle/" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0075c8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="You can hack this high-tech rifle">CNN</a>:</div><blockquote style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.1999998092651px; line-height: 16px; margin: 1em 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tt style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The worst-case scenario is that somebody exploits some of the vulnerabilities that we have found to make permanent changes on someone's TrackingPoint rifle. So this means that you can be in the middle of nowhere, not even using the wireless network, but if I had made permanent changes to your rifle, it can behave in a completely different way than what you're expecting, and you may not ever hit your target.</tt></div></blockquote><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As the researchers told Wired, they found that by changing variables in the scope's calculations - which not only include bullet weight but also things such as wind and temperature readings - not only can they make the rifle inexplicably miss its target, they could also permanently disable the scope's computer, or even prevent the gun from firing altogether.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CNN illustrated Sandvik's description of worst-case scenario with a few potential situations: a hacker could force a police sniper to miss while shooting directly at a hostage-taking criminal, forcing the sniper to shoot the hostage instead.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Or, a hacker could simply lock the rifle's controls, rendering it useless.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The exploits are enabled with a chain of vulnerabilities.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first is a default Wi-Fi network password that can't be changed and which allows anybody within range to connect to it.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You heard that one right: the same security vulnerability - unchanged or unchangeable default passwords - that's made it easy to <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/02/baby-monitor-hijacked-change-default-password-urges-foscam/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0075c8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Baby monitor hijacked; change default password urges Foscam">hijack baby monitors</a> and <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/01/hacked-routers-brazil-vb2012/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0075c8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="How millions of DSL modems were hacked in Brazil, to pay for Rio prostitutes">hack modems</a> and <a href="http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1506/1506.04112.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0075c8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Owning Your Home Network: Router Security Revisited [PDF]">home routers</a> also serves as one of the first stepping stones into tampering with a deadly firearm.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The second vulnerability is that the rifle is always listening for remote instructions, which enables administrative access that should only belong to the actual shooter holding the weapon.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Wired explains it, after an intruder exploits those two vulnerabilities, they can treat the gun as a server and can access APIs to alter variables in the targeting application.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the demo for Wired, Auger first took aim with an unaltered rifle and managed to hit a bullseye on his first try, with assistance from the TrackingPoint rifle's aiming mechanism.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Sandvik accessed the rifle via Wi-Fi from her laptop and changed the bullet weight from around .4 ounces to a "ludicrous" 72 pounds - an off-the-scale ballistics weight that nonetheless didn't cause the firearm to balk at all, she said:</div><blockquote style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.1999998092651px; line-height: 16px; margin: 1em 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tt style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can set it to whatever crazy value you want and it will happily accept it.</tt></div></blockquote><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One thing to be grateful for: while the researchers can tinker with the rifle's aim, they can't get it to fire unexpectedly. Fortunately, TrackingPoint rifles won't fire unless the trigger is manually pulled.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After reaching out to the gun's manufacturer, the researchers were recently contacted by TrackingPoint.</div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sandvik said the company "seemed positive" and interested in fixing the issues the couple have identified.</div><div><br /></div></div>

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Smartphone Security Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVpDbZP4YLFNIDxiTqp-3P5wR0NjwaS-F5HuchjAKY42kQ-ND7zq3-Sw5bMd6ptK3h58dEPrE5_OzGyv8jiA4oPElmIGNgVHJ7C3aGGDs_YrtdLHcVRpbvn8lBzfevXdMCetl_g0W9fmx/s1600/download+%25288%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVpDbZP4YLFNIDxiTqp-3P5wR0NjwaS-F5HuchjAKY42kQ-ND7zq3-Sw5bMd6ptK3h58dEPrE5_OzGyv8jiA4oPElmIGNgVHJ7C3aGGDs_YrtdLHcVRpbvn8lBzfevXdMCetl_g0W9fmx/s1600/download+%25288%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Smartphone Security Tips</b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Be carefull with your contact list. Your list could contain potential information for hackers. If you lose your phone be sure to inform your contact about it.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Smartphones are used on a daily basis. We can’t imagine a world without them. These smartphones contain a lott of information. Be sure to keep that information close.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Don’t just install all types of applications. When you delete an application, remember to delete the account you created with it.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Your smartphone has an harddisk and an memory drive. Remember to wipe them before you decide to sell or trade them.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. Set your phone to lock, or time out, after a certain period of inactivity, requiring a password to get back in. All of the major smartphone operating systems support this function.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Remote wipe, plus the aforementioned password protection, is the bare minimum that most IT departments will require, although the specific steps you’ll need to take very much depend on the level of security at your company.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Third-Party Apps That Share Too Much. When you install a third-party app, you grant it certain privileges. Those privileges may include access to your physical location, contact information (yours and that of others), or other personal data</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. GEO-location. Do you really want people to know where you are?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. WiFi for free. Be aware that when you are connected to a acces point someone could right out all your information.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. Disable WiFi, Bluetooth when you are not using it.</span></div>

Smartphone Security Tips

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Wifi Security Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ79VzaVgkDa13NGh9M0WJb-s97F0eVakhwpYJS1egjHcGgnV0dLPWxILzpWQphN5uenpCcKTxz-m1Pv68KvXMjjJera6COZe_IiAbo6-8fRd5QKaMa2HK-D3Y5rdpdvc5gPvpP0P54LM/s1600/images+%25287%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ79VzaVgkDa13NGh9M0WJb-s97F0eVakhwpYJS1egjHcGgnV0dLPWxILzpWQphN5uenpCcKTxz-m1Pv68KvXMjjJera6COZe_IiAbo6-8fRd5QKaMa2HK-D3Y5rdpdvc5gPvpP0P54LM/s1600/images+%25287%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Wifi Security Tips</b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Use a strong password.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Don’t broadcast your SSID</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Use good wireless encryption</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Use another layer of encryption when possible</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. Restrict access by MAC address.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Shut down the network when it’s not being used.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Shut down your wireless network interface, too.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Monitor your network for intruders.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. Cover the bases.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. Don’t waste your time on ineffective security measures</span></div>

Wifi Security Tips

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Business Safety Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2jpa6BK1dYKPKk4ptFH5xrfZW-BSNZYVJ_HXbQOrl-39SGMGhVewOTx8A6DG4pLe4pAK1R2HuR6xSxgYVtC81TczRRi6CLPZKsZXQY2bCWIcUsKZhc2ISvHeI9TI8UXV8GUyFEn0A4__/s1600/images+%25286%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2jpa6BK1dYKPKk4ptFH5xrfZW-BSNZYVJ_HXbQOrl-39SGMGhVewOTx8A6DG4pLe4pAK1R2HuR6xSxgYVtC81TczRRi6CLPZKsZXQY2bCWIcUsKZhc2ISvHeI9TI8UXV8GUyFEn0A4__/s320/images+%25286%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><b>Business Safety Tips</b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Hacker often impersonate (spoofs) as internal users to gain company information. Make sure that your staff is aware of this threat.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Make sure that you have qualified and trusty personal. Espionage happends in a wink of an eye.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Talk with your personal to gain insight in the company.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Keep your employees happy – even in hard times. Don’t make them and you became an victim of companies that bribe them for espionage.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. Be carefull what you post on social media.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Create back-ups on a regular basis.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Do your job. Let the system adminstrators, security experts and network specialists do their job. Don’t make them go lazy in an automated environment.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Invest in security solutions and talk with your security advisors.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. Yes you can become a target of a cyber attack. Be aware of that.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. You wouldn’t leave your front door open, so why leave the front door open of your computer.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">11. Implement company rules.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">12. Life by the company rules.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">13. Hire security staff.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">14. Make sure you have a security policy in place -— The security policy is the formal statement of rules on how security will be implemented in your organization. A security policy should define the level of security and the roles and responsibilities of users, administrators and managers.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">15. Make sure all of your operating systems and applications are patched with the latest service packs and hotfixes -— Keeping your systems patched will close vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">16. Turn off or remove unnecessary services.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">17. Identify what sensitive information you have, what you use it for and where it resides.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">18. Isolate/segregate sensitive data</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">19. Encrypt sensitive data.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">20. Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or a similarly secure connection for receiving or transmitting credit card information and other sensitive financial data.</span></div>

Business Safety Tips

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Password Security Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpMAEMh2ll7TwRn-EbjXgSbS-S4PfXQdyvJLKk0PT464GXKZrGBguVOkT21aYh_Oe0viySiABD-p55CUja18l8ckBArbFJFEMGYs0vWg8jrcGBKmZoN4yzy-LGiOrCiMzEjVjz52iRB4V/s1600/download+%25287%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpMAEMh2ll7TwRn-EbjXgSbS-S4PfXQdyvJLKk0PT464GXKZrGBguVOkT21aYh_Oe0viySiABD-p55CUja18l8ckBArbFJFEMGYs0vWg8jrcGBKmZoN4yzy-LGiOrCiMzEjVjz52iRB4V/s1600/download+%25287%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Password Security Tips</b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Use password generators to create passwords for you and then add an extra character that you prefer to the generated password.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Use password managers to manage your passwords for you.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Keep your password secret.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Do change your password on a regular basis.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. Prevent the use of easy to guess passwords like; 12345, welcome. Hackers use password lists to brute force accounts. These lists expand millions of passwords</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Don’t use the same password.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Don’t leave password notes on your desk, under your keyboard / phone / table. You could use an password manager instead.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Make sure that your credentials travel via HTTPS protocol.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. Set strong (hard to guess) secret questions and answers.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. Disable auto-login.</span></div>

Password Security Tips

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Physical Computer Security Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYGMssnUto_tIOaoGFmTvS_18f2KfHACRbepdNoTZQ8Bu0G0u2bAufo93C0B8U2_phzSTbg75BYkIvjuFjNG88IHUHIPSx8hDLMDpaBgVKFj9Izf-U5vk_JbREb3HOmj0jjxtCf3VEkLF/s1600/download+%25286%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYGMssnUto_tIOaoGFmTvS_18f2KfHACRbepdNoTZQ8Bu0G0u2bAufo93C0B8U2_phzSTbg75BYkIvjuFjNG88IHUHIPSx8hDLMDpaBgVKFj9Izf-U5vk_JbREb3HOmj0jjxtCf3VEkLF/s320/download+%25286%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Physical Computer Security Tips</b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Before you turn on a computer check if it has weird objects connect to it. People could use physical keyloggers to gain your information.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Don’t leave your smartphone, computer, laptop, notebook or whatever with personal information unattended or unsecured.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Lock your plugin hardware. People could gain acces to your working environment. It would be an easy way for an criminal to take the plugin hardware with him. Lock op your external harddrive, USB sticks.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Don’t toss around with your USB sticks. Keep them safe and encrypt them!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. When your harddisk or memory is declared dead be sure to dispose them in an secured way. Put them in an bag and hammer them to pieces. Great workout.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Don’t mix your laptop that you use for you work as an multimedia laptop. Keep work and fun separated when dealing with information.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Turn off your WiFi, either in the OS or using a physical switch (if you have one), when not in use.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Almost any device can be used to record audio and/or video, including smartphones, watches and buttons.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. Disconnect the internet cable when you are done with the computer. This will prevent a Wake on Lan attack.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. Use secure wiping functionality (Disk Utility) or tools to erase drives/devices before giving or selling them.</span></div>

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social Media tips to be secured

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW7QHcMw6fBSOoY7fZdr_zJV0yd-DiaUvV0K6k972TDN7McOqHCW65m247RQeUsV52X5JUUCduGuxZStNTq4tlsFgy00WjUHzQDf8t_9ysdKGNpObenGFgfzIRoLSSPEhLa5giLpxlaQz/s1600/download+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW7QHcMw6fBSOoY7fZdr_zJV0yd-DiaUvV0K6k972TDN7McOqHCW65m247RQeUsV52X5JUUCduGuxZStNTq4tlsFgy00WjUHzQDf8t_9ysdKGNpObenGFgfzIRoLSSPEhLa5giLpxlaQz/s1600/download+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>social Media  tips to be secured</b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Consider if you want to use your real name. (You can connect your network directly to add an specific username)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Social media is fun. Yes social media is fun as it is dangerous. Don’t leave your social media page open in an public environment like schools, cafes and other hotspots.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Applications are fun. Yes, applications are fun as they are dangerous. Applications need information for their databases. These databases could belong to anyone. So before you download or install an application check the source of the application. You don’t want your information in the hands of cyber criminals right?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. @Cyberwarzonecom OMG, someone just posted an nude picture follow this link bla bla bla. Hackers often use messages that people will click on. Social media is an great resource for hackers as everyone is connected. When you click on an Malicious link you will get infected by malware that will extract your credentials to an criminal database.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. I got 21513 friends. DON’T!!! only accept people that you know to your social media network. This will protect you from harm.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Don’t share your password with others!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Beware of shoulder-surfers when typing in your password, or sensitive information.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. SSL keeps you safe. Pay attention to the SSL errors when browsing.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. Recognize current phishing, phishing and other scams.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. Malicious content is crawling social media. Be aware of surveys that like collecting your information.</span></div>

social Media tips to be secured

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social engineering tips to be secured

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXDNH1-ezL_yCZvxX73DlK8HZmVAB-OnwdBHcHbV8luSIIk5LzW0aNInmJDORIvEntCWvcf-N2C5taUi10J1icD-HfzWdh1fHCJGu47C2oOm25McGjeX4tewXURKThnjEhRRCVg21OcGj/s1600/images+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXDNH1-ezL_yCZvxX73DlK8HZmVAB-OnwdBHcHbV8luSIIk5LzW0aNInmJDORIvEntCWvcf-N2C5taUi10J1icD-HfzWdh1fHCJGu47C2oOm25McGjeX4tewXURKThnjEhRRCVg21OcGj/s1600/images+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #656565; font-family: Verdana;"><b>social engineering tips to be secured</b> </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">1. Don’t leave password notes on your desk, under your keyboard / phone / table. You could use an password manager instead.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">2. Don’t provide people information that they should not have.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">3. Always check the credentials if someone is asking for non-disclosed information.(This could be your credentials, or the password of your username).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">4. Hackers often impersonate (Spoof) users to gain information. Be aware of this threat.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">5. With social engineering comes the threat; Theft of financial information. Hackers use phishing or spear phishing techniques to request confidential information, such as account details.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">6. Never provide sensitive information via email. If someone tries to get you to give out personal data, passwords, and other sensitive information via your email, don’t do so. Always call back to the real source and confirm if such a request is needed.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">7. Be skeptical of anyone that tries to get personal data, passwords, and other sensitive information from you. Always be skeptical if anyone tries to get information from you. Normally, it is very rare for a company to make you give out any information, so you should never do so if you haven’t checked the source first and are absolutely confident about it. It is your right not to give out any information unless it is under extreme circumstances.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">8. Beware of people that call you on the phone and try to make you provide your personal information, passwords, and other sensitive information. Always be skeptical if someone calls you on the phone and tries to get your personal information, your passwords, and other sensitive data. Always be skeptical and never give out any information to strangers.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">9. You will never get 100M USD via an e-mail contact. Spammers use various techniques to gain information from you. They will act like they have money waiting for you and all they need is your credentials. Be aware of this threat.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">10. The FBI does not send mass e-mails to private citizens about cyber scams. if you received an e-mail that claims to be from the FBI Director or other top official, it is most likely a scam.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">If you receive unsolicited e-mail offers or spam, you can forward the messages to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">11. Social engineering can strike you anytime.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">12. Social engineering is an method that is used to obtain informationn and let people do what you want them to do.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">13. Attackers might use various methods to obtain their information.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">14. When you get an security warning take it seriously!</span></div>

social engineering tips to be secured

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जानिए Windows 10 की खास बातें...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.webdunia.com/_media/hi/img/article/2015-07/29/full/1438160319-9908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://media.webdunia.com/_media/hi/img/article/2015-07/29/full/1438160319-9908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने अपना नया ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम विंडोज 10 लांच कर दिया है। अब इस नए ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम को डाउनलोड किया जा सकता है। विंडोज 10 यूजर को एक नया इंटरफेस देगा जो आपको एक नया अनुभव करवाएगा। इससे पहले कंपनी अपना प्रीव्यू वर्जन लांच कर इस ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम की टेस्टिंग कर चुकी है। आइए जानते हैं इस ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम की खास बातें- </span></strong><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">डेटा रहेगा सेफ : </span>नए ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम का डाउनलोडिंग और इंस्टॉलिंग प्रोसेस विंडोज अपडेट के जरिए होगा। इस कारण पर्सनल कम्प्यूटर में विंडोज 10 अपग्रेड करने पर फाइल्स ऐसी सेव रहेंगी।</span></strong><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">हालांकि आपके पर्सनल कम्प्यूटर से कुछ प्रोग्राम्स डिलीट हो जाएंगे. वे ऐसे प्रोग्राम्स होंगे जिनका विंडोज 10 वर्जन नहीं है जैसे विंडोज मीडिया सेंटर।</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">फिर आया स्टार्ट बटन :</span> विंडोज 10 से स्टार्ट बटन की वापसी की गई है। आप इसके साथ ही नए स्टार्ट मेन्यू  में आप एप एक्सेस के साथ ही आप अपनी पसंद के एप्स को पिन भी कर सकते हैं। इसके साथ ही आप कोई भी वेबसाइट भी पिन कर सकते हैं वहीं अगर आप फोन में विडोज 10 यूज कर रहे हैं तो आप अपने ज्यादा इस्तेमाल होने वाले कॉन्टेक्ट को भी पिन कर सकते हैं। विंडोज 8  स्टार्ट मेन्यू हटा दिया गया था जिसे यूजर्स ने पसंद नहीं किया, इस बात का ध्यान रखते हुए कंपनी ने स्टार्ट मेन्यू की वापसी की है।</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने अपने पुराने यूजर्स को खुश करते हुए विंडोज 10 फ्री कर दिया है। इसके लिए यूजर्स को कोई पैसे नहीं देने पड़ेंगे। आप अगले 1 साल के लिए विंडोज 10 का फ्री इस्तेमाल कर सकते हैं. एक साल बाद के लिए कंपनी ने कोई जानकारी नहीं दी है। अपने नए ओएस को लोगों तक ज्यादा से ज्यादा पहुंचाने के लिए माइकोसॉफ्ट ने यह कदम उठाया है।</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">अपग्रेड के लिए यह होना आवश्यक :</span> माइक्रोसॉफ्ट के अनुसार  नए ऑपरेटिंग सि‍स्‍टम को रन करने के लि‍ए कुछ बेसि‍क चीजें होनी चाहि‍ए। इसमें 1 गीगाहर्ट्‍ज या उससे फास्‍ट प्रोसेसर या एसओसी, 1 जीबी रैम (32 बि‍ट वर्जन के लि‍ए), 2 जीबी रैम (64 बि‍ट वर्जन के लि‍ए), 16 जीबी हार्ड ड्राव (32 बि‍ट वर्जन), 20 GB हार्ड ड्राव (64 बि‍ट वर्जन), एक डायरेक्‍टेस 9 या WDDM 1.0 ड्राइवर के साथ ग्राफि‍क कार्ड, 800x600 डि‍सप्‍ले होना चाहि‍ए।</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: mangal, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">इसे स्‍टार्ट करने के लिए विंडोज लोगो/स्‍टार्ट बटन पर क्लिक करें। फिर एप्‍प विंडो में 'रिजर्व योर फ्री अपग्रेड' पर क्लिक करें। आप अपने लाइव और आउटलुक ईमेल को रिजर्वेशन निश्चित करने के लिए डालें। जब आप इसे रिजर्व कर चुके हों, तो उपलब्‍ध होने पर विंडो अपग्रेड हो जाएगा। जब अपग्रेड पूरा हो जाएगा तो आपको एक सूचना मिलेगी। जब यह एक बार इंस्टाल हो जाएगा, आप विंडोज <a class="storyTags" href="http://hindi.webdunia.com/search?cx=015955889424990834868:ptvgsjrogw0&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&sa=search&siteurl=http://hindi.webdunia.com&q=10" style="border: 0px; 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color: #024e82; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">10 </a>में Cortana डिजिटल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट फीचर लांच किया है, हालांकि कोर्टाना अमेरिका के लिए नया शब्द नहीं है पर भारत में यह लोगों के लिए नया होगा।  Cortana आपकी किसी भी ब्राउजर से सर्च करने में मदद करेगी। वह खुद ब खुद आपके वाइस कमांड को सुनेगी। जैसे ही आप अपने विंडोज फोन या पीसी को ऑनकर बोलेंगे, 'Hey, Cortana' वह एक्टिव हो जाएगी और आपको कमांड पर रिस्पॉन्ड करेगी. माइक्रोसॉफ्ट का दावा है कि नए विंडोज स्टोर में जो ऐप्स आपकी <a class="storyTags" href="http://hindi.webdunia.com/search?cx=015955889424990834868:ptvgsjrogw0&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&sa=search&siteurl=http://hindi.webdunia.com&q=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C+10" style="border: 0px; color: #024e82; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">विंडोज 10 </a>पीसी  पर काम करेंगे वही ऐप्स आपके विंडोज 10 टैबलेट पर भी काम करेंगे। इसके अलावा माइक्रोसॉफ्ट एज वेब ब्राउजर्स में कई नए फीचर्स हैं।</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.turnbackcrime.com/sites/default/files/styles/responsive-scale-image-articlecustom_user_desktop_1x/public/field/image/fininteractions.jpg?itok=k44fK_2I" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="http://www.turnbackcrime.com/sites/default/files/styles/responsive-scale-image-articlecustom_user_desktop_1x/public/field/image/fininteractions.jpg?itok=k44fK_2I" width="320" /></a></div><br />What are the risks?<br /><br />We’ve all received spam emails trying to sell us products we don’t want or need. As well as being annoying, and sometimes offensive, they could contain viruses.<br /><br />‘Phishing’ emails are another common risk. At a glance, these emails may appear to come from a genuine company. They are in fact sent with the aim of getting you to click through to a fake site – often a banking or shopping website – and reveal personal or financial data.<br /><br />Viruses and spyware are not quite so visible. These malicious software (malware) programmes are used to collect sensitive information or to gain access to your computer system. It’s important to take steps to protect your PC and other devices from these attacks. If you don’t, you are leaving yourself open to identity theft and fraud, along with damaged hardware that is expensive to fix.<br />What can you do?<br />Reduce spam<br />Keep your spam filter switched on.<br />Be suspicious of unsolicited advertising and offers – especially any deals that sound too good to be true!<br />Be on the alert if you do not know the sender.<br />A trusted website or online payment processor will never ask you to confirm sensitive information like passwords or account details.<br />Delete any suspected spam immediately and do NOT open any attachments.<br />Be alert to phishing<br /><br />A phishing email may appear to come from a trusted source. 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwNjvgAKmG88JW6l5CjH_CYDScCEdea4IZc7cvH4Is5ecqQ1JZZZZ6t3RyTVn43CcD77iqtbUOempk4qJ864d8KhCnjavK7pYrnNNTcnhy7r6qzDs8Plyf2eSZP9jsTuvMi7W39Fhw4Aa/s1600/images+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwNjvgAKmG88JW6l5CjH_CYDScCEdea4IZc7cvH4Is5ecqQ1JZZZZ6t3RyTVn43CcD77iqtbUOempk4qJ864d8KhCnjavK7pYrnNNTcnhy7r6qzDs8Plyf2eSZP9jsTuvMi7W39Fhw4Aa/s1600/images+%25284%2529.jpg" /></a></div><h2 id="adults" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FAQS FOR ADULTS</strong></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT IS ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Online child sexual exploitation includes:</div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">making and downloading images of children being sexually abused;</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">approaching a child online for sex. This could be sex online (e.g. sexual activity via text or webcam) or sex offline (e.g. grooming a child online for the purpose of meeting up for sex in the “real” world).</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT IS ONLINE GROOMING?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Online grooming refers to the deliberate actions taken by an adult to form a trusting relationship with a child with the intent of later facilitating sexual contact. This can take place in chat rooms, instant messaging, social networking sites and email.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I SUSPECT A CASE OF ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Report Abuse button is an effective mechanism for reporting inappropriate or illegal activity with or towards a child.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you or a child is in immediate danger, contact your local police.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT CASES OF ONLINE CHILD ABUSE ARE REPORTED TO THE VIRTUAL GLOBAL TASKFORCE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An example report received by the Virtual Global Taskforce is available on the <a href="http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/resources/case-studies/" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Case studies">case studies</a> page.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT DO CHILDREN DO ONLINE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It has been reported that one of the most common uses of the internet by young people is for research for school work and general information gathering. Other activities include: downloading music, keeping in touch with friends by chat and email, and playing games. Gender differences have also been reported with boys reporting using the internet for playing games and downloading music and girls reporting using the internet for email communication and school work.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHY DO PARENTS NEED TO GET INVOLVED?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is important to remember that the internet is a good place where children and young people can communicate, play, learn and work. However, as with many new or emerging technologies, the internet has also raised new areas of concern. An awareness of these issues by parents can help to educate and protect children and young people while they enjoying using the internet.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT EXPERTISE DOES THE VIRTUAL GLOBAL TASKFORCE HAVE ON ONLINE SAFETY?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Virtual Global Taskforce draws on the expertise of specialist police officers, investigators and analysts.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHERE ARE CHILDREN MOST AT RISK?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Children have reported receiving unwanted sexual solicitations in chat-rooms, while using Instant Messenger, via email, when gaming and on message boards.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW DO SEX OFFENDERS FIND CHILDREN ONLINE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adults target children through a variety of means. Examples include:</div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">through member profiles in their Instant Message accounts, which often hold personal details and indicate their ages and which can be viewed publicly if a child hasn’t requested otherwise.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">by asking young people who they have met online – for example in gaming sites, to add them to their friends contact lists so that they can chat to a children’s network of friends.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">by going to child-specific chat rooms and forums to engage young people through deceit or flattery. From this public area they would then encourage the child to talk more privately through texting on mobile phone, or in instant messenger.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">some abusers will send hoax letters via email to young people, purporting to be an organisation which they are interested in – and then hope that the child responds.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adults who want to contact children can do so quite easily online, since personal information is often not kept private in the same way that it would be online.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW DO I KNOW IF MY CHILD IS AT RISK?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Children and young people may take part in all sorts of online conversations and activities with each other, some of which may be of a sexual nature. This is a normal part of growing up. However these kind of adolescent activities are very different from the activities and conversations that an individual with a sexual interest with children can initiate.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have any concerns about your child’s activities on the internet, or if you find any record of inappropriate images or conversations, talk to them about your concerns as you would about any other concerns. If you remain worried, or want some help and advice, there are a variety of <a href="http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/related-links/" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Related Links">organisations that can assist</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">ARE THERE ANY SIGNS TO INDICATE THAT MY CHILD IS BEING GROOMED / ABUSED ONLINE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The vast majority of children are not being abused online and never will be. The following activities could be perfectly innocent but is worth being alert to potential signs:</div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">becoming secretive;</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">downloading files onto discs; and</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">using encryption software.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Changes in your child’s behaviour may act as indicators and these changes can include: a change in a child’s self-esteem and self-confidence, withdrawal from the family and isolating themselves, difficulties at school, an increased level of anxiety, sleeping difficulties, concentration difficulties, and in some instances become excessively concerned with washing and cleanliness.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Other possible signs that your child might be being groomed online include: excessive use of the computer; aggression around computer usage; change in the use of sexual language; unexplained gifts or cash; and /or finding pornography on the computer.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is important to remember that these behaviours can be a normal part of growing up, so it is important to establish the reasons why these changes are occurring and to seek <a href="http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/resources/faqs/" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FAQ’s">help and advice</a> if you are concerned.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">SHOULD I STOP MY CHILD FROM USING THE COMPUTER?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No, this would be an over-reaction. The fear of losing internet privileges is one of the key reasons children don’t tell parents about problems online. Instead you can help to educate your child about safe ways to use the internet.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT CAN I DO TO PROTECT MY CHILD ONLINE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Talk to your child and reach agreement about how they will behave online.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We also recommend:</div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">only allowing your child to use the computer and access the internet in an open area of the house, rather than locked away in a bedroom;</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">using parental control software;</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">maintaining open lines of communication so you know what your child is doing online;</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">encouraging your child to use moderated chat-rooms; and</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/report-abuse/" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Report Abuse">notifying the police</a> if you have concerns about someone your child has met online.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP ONLINE CHILD ABUSE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow the advice given on this and associated sites.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Always remain vigilant and careful in your use of the internet, and <a href="http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/report-abuse/" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Report Abuse">report any illegal activity that you discover</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Never be tempted to carry out “vigilante” investigations on the internet in an attempt to identify offenders. Such investigations can be counter-productive to ongoing law enforcement investigations, can put you into a position where you may risk breaking the law yourself and, most importantly, they can seriously endanger the safety of real children. Please leave work of this kind to law enforcement professionals.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(198, 198, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #4f50ad; font-family: FloridaProjectPhaseOne, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: lighter; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW DO I REQUEST THE USE OF A VIDEO OR MEDIA RESOURCE ON THE VGT WEBSITE?</h3><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To request use of Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) videos or other VGT-related media resources, please contact the VGT Secretariat at<a href="mailto:vgtsecretariat@ice.dhs.gov" style="border: 0px; color: #2a2a88; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">vgtsecretariat@ice.dhs.gov</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please provide the following when making a request: </div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: none; margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Name</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Organization</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Number</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Email</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Video or resource requested</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reason for request (intended use of material)</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525151; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*Note: All requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis; decisions are final and are within the sole discretion of the VGT.</span></div></div>

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