SECURE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES, APPS & DATA

Welcome to Social Media Security. We are here to help you secure your Social Media footprint, email accounts and mobile settings – everything you need to know to stay safe online.

Secure Facebook

Secure Instagram

Secure Snapchat

Secure Twitter

Tips on securing your world. We give you tips and tricks to keep you safe online, to secure your mobile devices, computers, apps and social media accounts.

Tips & Tricks

The Basics

Help for absolute beginners, we explain all the jargon

SPAM Emails

How to avoid Phishing attacks and SPAM emails

Businesses

Advice on securing your business social media accounts

PHISHING EMAILS

Phishing email are SPAM emails sent through to someone aimed at enticing them to open a virus ridden attachment, to follow a link to a scam website or to trick people into confidence schemes and scams.

Visit our section on Phishing to learn more about the tricks and tactics used by cyber-criminals to get access to your private information.

Parenting is tricky at the best of times, but parenting in the age of social media, dating sites, online pornography and exploitation can easily become overwhelming.

We look at the sensitive issues surrounding social media interaction and what parents can watch out for.

Digital Parenting

Digital Parenting – News

Data Breaches on companies are where hackers break into websites, apps or computer systems to steal customers personal data.

At SocMeSec we list notable data breaches that impact social media platforms, users and popular apps that you may be using.

Data Breaches

Consoles & Online Gaming sites are not always safe communities immune to security threats. Hackers also use these areas to prey on innocent users to run scams, extract personal data, take over accounts and computer systems.

We guide you through the pitfalls and help you avoid becoming a victim online.

Gaming Security

Gaming

ONLINE SCAMS

Christmas, Thanksgiving & New Years Sales are excellent times to pick up a bargain both in the stores / malls and online. You’ll be flooded with messages, ads and emails offering you fantastic deals – but scammers know this too and its also an ideal time for them to cash in too !

Scam Centre