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#DELETEFACEBOOK?

Elon Musk did it, Will Ferrell did it, but will you be able to survive without it? Last month it was revealed that a Trump data company, Cambridge Analytica, used the data of Facebook users during the American election. But what do we expect from a service we don't pay for? As CNN so eloquently stated "On Facebook, you are the product. Advertisers are the customer". Your data is the force that drives Facebook, it's sold and used on a daily basis.

Now that you know your information is being used, what will you do about it, if anything? Will you share more carefully, change you privacy settings or are you OK with your information being out there? Let us know and we'll share your opinion in next month's edition.

 
 
FORGOT TO REACTIVATE?
If you need access to the internet, email and other network services, you have to reactivate your username annually. If you haven't reactivated for 2018, your access will have expired on 4 April. What do you do now? #news
IMPORTANT NOTICES
+ Protect yourself and the network with Windows updates
+ Do you want to change your password?
+ Free Microsoft online training
+ Teach and learn with MatLab and Simulink

BE CYBER SAFE
+ Latest phishing emails
+ How to detect phishing
+ What is phishing and how do I protect myself? (video)
+ Do you share personal information? (video)
+ Protect what you share
+ It's not just Facebook, all apps are scooping up your data
+ SA one of the top five spam-plagued countries

WATCH AND LEARN
+ 3 games that teach you to identify fake news
+ The Wired guide to memes
+ 42 Gmail tips that will help you conquer email
+ This TED Talk parody is absolutely perfect (video)
+ 10 tips to get the most out of Spotify
+ Master Word with these 13 great tips

IN THE NEWS
+ Google Assistant will support over 30 languages by year-end
+ SU computer science students hack their way to the top
+ Alexa, Amazon's smart home speaker is randomly laughing at people
+ Penguins become the latest animal to capture selfies
+ For more news, follow us on Twitter

THE HISTORY OF MALWARE

"To understand malware, you must return to the digital primordial soup that would one day evolve into the millions of nefarious programs we face off against today. This is the history of malware, and of the techniques used over decades to combat it." Read the full Digital Trends article. #security
ADA WINTER SCHOOL 2018
The African Doctoral Academy will be hosting their winter school in June/July with among others, introductory courses in SPSS, R and ATLAS. The two, week-long Doctoral Schools aim to offer high impact research design and methodology training, as well as options in academic preparedness and career development. #research
SA HAS THE THIRD MOST CYBERCRIME VICTIMS WORLDWIDE
"Of the attacks that were reported, it was found that one in every 214 emails sent in the country was actually a spear phishing attack, which is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from a known or trusted sender". #security
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