AfriCyberCore

Cyber Security consultation and IT/Tech, AI product for African Business and start-ups

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Remember: A CAPTCHA should verify you, not control your computer.

📹 New episodes of Connected Lives keep dropping.

Pause. Check. Protect.🛡️

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A real CAPTCHA will never ask you to open a command box. If yours does, you're not being verified.

You're being attacked!!!

He was one keypress away from running the attacker's code himself. And all it took was a box that said

"Verify you are human."

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Have you ever seen a "verify you are human" prompt that felt off?🤔

What gave it away? Tell us below.

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New episodes of Connected Lives drop throughout October.

Follow this page so you don't miss one.

Pause. Check. Protect.🛡️

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You searched for the right page. You clicked the first result.

You still handed your password to an attacker.

Episode 4 of Connected Lives. AfriCyberCore x The Root Access Network.📽️

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Do you know someone who always searches for the login page instead of bookmarking it?

Send them this episode...

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And once you're done, forget the network.

Don't let your phone automatically reconnect the next time.

Note: The strongest signal is not always the safest signal.

Pause. Check. Protect.🛡️

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The strongest WiFi signal at the airport might be the biggest trap you fall for today.

Seeing multiple "Airport_Free_WiFi" networks?

Do NOT connect, not until you've fully verified which one is real.

📹 Episode 3 of Connected Lives Series.

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Also avoid banking or logging into anything sensitive while on public WiFi.

Use your own mobile data or a personal hotspot when you can.

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Before you ever click: check who sent it, inspect the link, and never let urgency rush your decision.

If a message makes you emotional before it makes you think...

Pause. Check. Protect. 🛡️

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She just handed her BVN to a total stranger. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Almost. One question stopped her mid-tap.

Episode 2 of Connected Lives, watch how close it actually got.👇

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Scammers design these messages to make you feel something before you think anything.

Excitement. Urgency. That reaction is the real target.