Travel can be full of cybercrime land mines. Here are expert tips to avoid them.
If your personal devices are programmed to auto-connect to WiFi networks, Hanson recommended turning that off while traveling.
Additionally, she said, travelers should turn off their WiFi and Bluetooth when not in use for further protection.There is an added bonus to turning off these settings: You’ll save precious battery power.To stay up to date on your accounts while traveling, Crockett told travelers to turn on alerts for their credit card and banking apps. Doing so will let the company alert you if there is unusual spending or log-ins.
Rather than relying on just a password to unlock accounts, Hanson suggests adding two-factor authentication when it’s available. by requiring both a password and a unique code. Even if a hacker had your password, they would need to physically have one of your personal devices to get the code for the second step.Even better: Hanson suggests enabling biometrics — i.e., a fingerprint or face ID — to open your devices or apps.Crockett recommended that travelers get a Virtual Private Network that will encrypt most of the data sent and received over phone or laptop.
For example, Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, a cloud email security platform, said he has recently noticed cyberattacks targeting travelers by impersonating the Transportation Security Administration via email.Here’s how it works: A scammer will send out an email telling the recipient that their TSA PreCheck is due for renewal.
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