IT Awareness Posters, ITA Oman,

1. The 9 Biggest Privacy And Security Breaches That Rocked 2013
•Hackers stole usernames and passwords for nearly 2 million accounts at Facebook, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and 93,000 other websites.
•Nearly 40 million Target customers’ credit and debit card numbers were stolen by cyber-thieves.
•Anonymous Hacker group hacked 250,000 user emails and passwords from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal computer networks and Twitter.
•3 million customers’ credit card information and 40 million user emails and passwords exposed from Adobe’s Photoshop users.
•System bug exposes 6 million Facebook users’ personal data in yearlong breach.
•50 Million Users email-id and passwords were stolen from LivingSocial, an online marketplace that allows clients to buy and share things.
•Evernote resets about 50 million account passwords after data breach.
•The user contact information, including phone numbers and email addresses of The Federal Reserve bank customers hacked by anonymous hackers.

2. The biggest ever cyber- attacks and security breaches
•Sony was fined £250,000 by British regulators for failing to protect its users from their personal details being leaked online in April 2011
•A serious vulnerability was discovered in the encryption technology used to protect many of the world's major websites, leaving them vulnerable to data theft.
•Google set up www.google.cn in 2006, operating under the country's strict internet governance. Three years later in December 2009,hackers accessed the company's corporate servers and stole intellectual property.
•Names and email addresses were stolen from Epsilon, the world's largest email marketing firm in 2011, which handles more than 40 billion emails every year.
•Hackers attacked the networks of three South Korean broadcasters and two banks in a seemingly coordinated cyber-attack last March 2013.

3. The 15 worst data security breaches of the 21st Century
1. Heartland Payment Systems
Date: March 2008
Impact: 134 million credit cards exposed.
2. TJX Companies Inc.
Date: December 2006
Impact: 94 million credit cards exposed.
3. Epsilon
Date: March 2011
Impact: Exposed names and e- mails of millions of customers.
4. RSA Security
Date: March 2011
Impact: Possibly 40 million employee records stolen.
5. Stuxnet
Date: Sometime in 2010, but origins date to 2007
Impact: Meant to attack a nuclear power program to identify the real world situation.
6. Department of Veterans Affairs
Date: May 2006
Impact: 26.5 million veterans, active-duty military personnel and spouses database was stolen.
7. Sony's PlayStation Network
Date: April 20, 2011
Impact: 77 million PlayStation Network accounts hacked.
8. ESTsoft
Date: July-August 2011
Impact: The personal information of 35 million South Koreans was exposed.
9. Gawker Media
Date: December 2010
Impact: Compromised e-mail addresses and passwords of about 1.3 million commenters.
10. Google/other Silicon Valley companies
Date: Mid-2009
Impact: Stolen intellectual property
11. VeriSign
Date: Throughout 2010
Impact: Undisclosed information stolen
12. CardSystems Solutions
Date: June 2005
Impact: 40 million credit card accounts exposed.
13. AOL
Date: August 6, 2006
Impact: Data on more than 20 million web inquiries posted publicly on a web site.
14. Monster.com
Date: August 2007
Impact: Confidential information of 1.3 million job seekers stolen.
15. Fidelity National Information Services
Date: July 2007
Impact: 3.2 million customer records including credit card, banking and personal information stolen.

4. Seven things your kids shouldn’t do online
•Talk to strangers
•Share personal information
•Play without time limits
•Download inappropriate apps
•Enter websites with inappropriate content for children
•Believe they’ve won something
•Suffer cyber-bullying

5. How secure is my password
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6. Online Banking Safety Tips
Here are some simple tips that you can follow to ensure that your online banking experience is safe and hassle free.
•Keep your information confidential
•Keep Changing your password frequently
•Look for the lock icon in browser
•Use a firewall for your PC
•Shop with Verified by Visa
•Install security updates regularly
•Read Privacy policies
•Learn Safe computing practices
•Be aware of Online security
•Clear your cache regularly

7. Password Tips
•Use different passwords for different services
•Change your passwords regularly
•Do not share your password
•Never send passwords or other sensitive personal information via email.
•Do not use remember my password features
•Use Password generating tools to create strong passwords.
•Avoid writing down your password

8. How you can protect yourself from financial fraud
•Use your hand or body to shield your PIN from onlookers when you are conducting transactions at a bank machine or at the point- of-sale.
•Never let your debit or credit card out of your sight when conducting a transaction at the point-of-sale.
•Always remember to take your card and transaction record with you once your transaction is completed.
•Regularly check your billing statements or passbook to verify all transactions have been properly documented.
•If your debit card is lost, stolen or retained by a bank machine inform the bank immediately.
•Never disclose your PIN to anyone.
•Do not create your PIN or Password by using easily guessed numbers such as your telephone number, date of birth, address or social insurance number.
•Sign your credit or debit card on the signature panel as soon you receive it.
•Never give credit card information over the phone to anyone.

9. 12 Tips to Better Password Security
•Make sure you use different passwords for each of your accounts.
•Be sure no one watches when you enter your password.
•Always log off if you leave your device.
•Use comprehensive security software to avoid key loggers and other malware.
•Avoid entering passwords on computers in an Internet café or library.
•Avoid entering passwords when using unsecured Wi-Fi connections.
•Don’t tell anyone your password.
•Keep your passwords safe by keeping them to yourself.
•Change your passwords periodically and avoid reusing a password for at least one year.
• Do use at least eight characters of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols in your password.
• Strong passwords are easy to remember but hard to guess.
• Check your password strength using a password strength analyzer.

10. Identity Fraud and Theft
•Protect your personal information
•Memorize your passwords and bank machine Personal Identification Number (PIN)
•Keep your Personal Verification Question (PVQ) answers confidential
•Report thefts and losses immediately
•Shred or tear up junk mail and statements
•Review your account statements
•Review your credit report
•Protect your Personal Identification Number (PIN)
•Protect your credit cards
•Practice safe computing