Ransomware, Viruses, Social Engineering and Other Threats: Protecting your Digital Assets

This book describes common threats to your cybersecurity and practical steps you can take to avoid them. Threats explained include weak or reused passwords, malware, viruses, social engineering, outdated software, ransomware, the internet of things (IoT) and risky Internet browsing. Tools and techniques to help enhance your security like multi-factor authentication (MFA), firewalls, backups, virtual private networks (VPN) are also explained.
• Discusses how weak passwords can lead to vulnerabilities and how to create strong ones that are easy to remember.
• Describes social engineering attacks, why you may be vulnerable to them and how to protect yourself.
• Explains how Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) works and how to enable it.
• Presents how to protect your system against a Ransomware attack.