ICT Chapter 07: Safety and Security Chapter in the Cyber World

Since childhood our parents and elders have been guiding and suggesting us to take care of our eating habits, practice hygiene, be wary of strangers, communicate effectively and so on to ensure that we develop into confident, strong and positive individuals who are able to cope up with the competition and complexities of the real world. With the advent of Internet, all of us have also become a part of a cyber world wherein we share and access resources, connect and interact with many people. Just like real world we
need to be cautious and alert while working in this cyber world as well.

We all use email to send and receive information and messages but one needs to be careful while using email as many a times one may find emails which are from unknown source saying that you are a lucky winner or asking you to provide personal information. These mails will tempt you to follow the instructions written in the contents of the mail. Such emails are called spam mails and are sent with malicious intent to get you into trouble.