Has any of your social, corporate or personal account been hacked? Or have you been locked out of of your social media accounts? Has someone ever used your photo to pose as you online? Is your laptop or desktop slow and you are not using any applications that uses a lot of resources? Are all your files in a format that you can’t open and you don’t understand how that happened? Are you curious about cybersecurity?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Welcome to Cybersecurity Byte where we will learn on cybersecurity, threat, prevention and defense. Everything will be taught in English not using the techy-language.

According to Kaspersky, Cyber-security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. In my own words: Cybersecurity is the act of protecting ourselves while we are offline and when we are on the internet, browsing, transacting or just chatting. How do we ensure we are safe?

Cyber safety starts with you as an individual. You have to ensure you have strong passwords and you have to be on the lookout for any funny activities on your devices. You need to know the dangers of all your actions while on the internet.

Did you know that cyber-thieves, famously known as hackers, don’t just steal money they also steal data which they sell to other people so as to get money? Now you know. Even if you have ksh 0.00 in your account a cyber-thief has something to steal from you; your personal data/information that is needed by companies.

Do you have any question on cybersecurity? What would like us to talk about? What are your fears on the internet? Talk to me via email: redthetraveller254@gmailcom, IG: redthetraveller254 and twitter: @Maera254