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UFV capture the flag (CTF) 2024 has ended!
Thank you to everyone who participated this year! You can also download the CTF 2024 solutions.

Cyber Month 2024

What is Cyber Month? Cyber Security Awareness Month (Cyber Month) is an internationally recognized campaign held each October to help the public learn more about cyber security. The theme for Cyber Month 2024 was Generation Cyber Safe: Because online security knows no age.

Cyber Month has ended, but you can still check out our archived content below.

Week 1: The most secure generation

If you’re anything like us, you’ve got a lot of online accounts to protect. Start this CyberMonth strong by learning the two best ways to secure them: by using MFA and creating strong unique passwords. (But where do you store all those passwords? We’ll tell you in the guide below!)

Download the PDF: Week 1: The most secure generation

Week 2: The most resourceful generation

We’ve collected some of our favourite free resources and tools to protect your accounts and your devices. Try them out this week!

Download the PDF: Week 2: The most secure generation

Week 3: The most social generation

Connecting with others online is a great way to stay social, but there are threats lurking in social media. Many attackers try to trick you into giving up information, instead of trying to hack computers. It can seem silly to believe that they could get info about you just by asking for it — but if it were impossible, we wouldn’t be here. This week, learn how they do it.

Download the PDF: Week 3: The most social generation

 

Week 4: The most observant generation

We're seeing more and more content created using artificial intelligence (AI), and if it's not labelled as such, you might not even realise it. This week, learn 9 tips to spot AI generated content. Also check out some tips to spotting disinformation (you might hear it being called "fake news").  

Download the PDF: Week 4: The most observant generation