➡️Report fraud immediately to your bank: this will increase your chance of getting your money back. Also, report it to the Police. For more information, please visit Get Safe Online or Get Safe Online - Tonga (links in the previous post).

Gentle reminder for this month;. ➡️Do your research when it comes to pricing, especially during events like Black Friday and seasonal sales. Some sellers advertise products at a lower price when they’re actually no cheaper or even more expensive.

➡️Texts and emails claiming to be from home delivery companies telling you that you owe a fee are also commonplace. Keep a record of everything you buy and, if it’s specified, which delivery firm the retailer is using.

➡️Read the small print and independent reviews for ‘low-cost’ or ‘free’ trials. Whatever the product or service, you could be signing up for large monthly direct debits which are hard to cancel.

Cont. ➡️Make sure payment pages are secure by checking that addresses' begins with ‘https’ (‘s’ is for secure) and there’s a closed padlock in the address bar.

➡️Don’t click on links in emails, texts or posts that you’re not expecting, and don’t open unexpected email attachments.

➡️Learn to spot fraudulent advertisements on social media, online marketplaces and forums. Regard unrealistically low-cost items with suspicion, but even normally priced items may also be fraudulent. Never part with payment – even a deposit – for goods you haven’t seen in person.

➡️Make sure a website is authentic by carefully checking the address is spelled correctly. Ideally, type it in rather than clicking on a link in an email, text or post. You could also try the easy-to-use Check a Website tool on Get Safe Online - Tonga.

➡️Don’t pay by transferring money directly to people or companies you don’t know. If you can, pay by credit card.

As we continue to raise awareness on cybersecurity, here are few tips and advice from one of our partners - @GetSafeOnline to help you and your loved ones shop safely and securely online.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the facilitators and participants. We appreciate your contributions and hope that you found the event to be a valuable learning experience. Mālō ‘aupito!

The exercise program offered an interactive cybersecurity exercise that introduced key incident concepts and covered fundamental incident response principles in a hands-on format, enhancing the knowledge and technical capacity of the participants.

It’s a WRAP! We’re thrilled to have been collaborating with Retrospect Labs to conduct this Defensive Readiness and Cyber Security Exercise Program at Tanoa International Dateline Hotel, Nuku’alofa.

We also encourage organizations that have been impacted by this disruption to follow the guidance provided by the vendor and act immediately. Vendor advisory - for more information.

To all Systems and Network administrators, particularly via Banking, Aviation, and Shops/ Retail Sectors to be mindful and regularly check systems.

The vendor – CrowdStrike released remediation guidance for customers through their CrowdStrike Customer Portal as the situation evolves.

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓❗️❗️❗️. An update from the CrowdStrike on a global IT outage causing significant disruption. This resulted in Microsoft windows systems.

Ko ‘emau fakamatala fakamuimui taha ‘eni ki he mahiná ni keke malu ai hono ngāue’aki ‘o e ‘initaneti - Kataki ‘o vahevahe ki ho’o ngaahi kaungāme’á mo e maheni.

Our security advisory for this month - Please share with your peers and networks. #CyberSecurityUpdate #July