Media Materials on Digital Security from DSS380

How to stay safe in a digital world? How to protect your online data, money and reputation? How to avoid becoming a victim of Internet fraud? You can find answers to these and other questions in the regular articles, columns and comments of Pavlo Belousov, our Digital Security Expert at DSS380.

• Beware. Why face scanning won't protect your smartphone and how to fix this (nv.ua, October 21, 2019)
• 10 tips to avoid becoming a fraud victim on Black Friday (Vector, 28.11.2019)
• The holiday season is approaching fast: focus not only on the preparing gifts, but also on digital security (Ukrayinska Pravda, December 23, 2019)
• How Apple spies on your kids (nv.ua, January 13, 2020)
• What data should not be shared with the public: expert advice (guest broadcast on Hromadske Radio, January 29, 2020)
• Will mobile communication in Crimea become more expensive? (expert comment for Krym.Realii, January 30, 2020)
• What you need to know about the security of the Ukraine's mobile e-governance app Diia (Action) (nv.ua, February 10, 2020)
• Can your online driving license and vehicle registration certificate be stolen from the mobile e-governance app Diia (expert comment for 2+2 TV Channel, February 25, 2020)
• How chat bots work, and most importantly – to whom and why your data is transmitted (Liga.net, March 2, 2020)
• How to adhere to quarantine using technology (nv.ua, March 23, 2020)
• Health or Democracy: What Do You Need to Know About Diia Application (nv.ua, April 11, 2020)
• #Quarantine2020: The Trend to Remote Work Will Continue After Quarantine (expert comment for Impulse, April 14, 2020)
• Aiming Laser Beam and Hacking with Caps Lock: 5 Ways to Steal Your Data Right Now (MC.Today, May 12, 2020)
• 900 GB of the Ukrainians' Personal Data is sold on Telegram. Where Does the Data Come From and What to Do? (expert comment for Liga.Tech, May 12, 2020)
• "Diia" Does Not Store Data But It Has Access to Databases (expert comment for Hromadske radio, May 12, 2020)
• Who Has Drained the Data Into the Telegram-bot and How to Protect Yourself From Fraudsters Now? (expert comment for Rubryka, May 14, 2020)
• What Do You Need to Know About the Ukrainians' Data Drain and the "Diia" Application? (nv.ua, May 15, 2020)
• "Bugs" of the State Registers or How to Protect Personal Data (expert comment for lb.ua, May 19, 2020)
• What Do You Need to Know About the Security of Personal Data in iOS 14 (nv.ua, June 27, 2020)
• Why the US Bans TikTok and Whether You Should Uninstall This Program (nv.ua, July 11, 2020)
• Why Accounts are Stolen and How to Defend Yourself from Scammers (expert comment for 1+1 TV Channel, August 18, 2020)
• Online Elections in Ukraine: to Be, or not to Be? (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, August 20, 2020)
• They Ask to Share a Post in Social Media or Put + in the Comments to Bypass Facebook's Algorithms. Why is This Impossible? (expert comment for Media Sapiens, September 22, 2020)
• What Function of "Nova Poshta" has Become a Lure for Fraudsters (nv.ua, October 12, 2020)
• Discounts, Transactions, and Shopping on Black Friday: 7 Tips on how to be More Careful (24th Channel, November 26, 2020)
• Why Your Passwords Are Easy to Crack, and What to Do About It (nv.ua, 30.12. 2020)
• Facebook Deletes Dozens of Accounts Affiliated With the European Solidarity Party (expert comment for Channel 5, 13.01.2021)
• Instead of Whatsapp: Is There Now a Reliable and Secure Messenger (expert comment for The Page, 15.01. 2021)
• Dangerous Mailing: Fraudulent Schemes in Social Media (expert comment for Morning with Inter TV program, 15.01.2021)
• "Chain of Unity" and Other Flash Mobs in Which You Should Not Participate (expert comment for Media Sapiens, 27.01.2021)
• Digital Vaccination Passport: How a Digital Pass Will Work for the COVID-19 World (expert comment for The Page, 29.01.2021)
• Goodbye, Google. Which Secure Browser/Messenger/Search Engine Should You Switch To? (expert comment for The Page, 29.01.2021)
• Are You Being Eavesdropped On? What You Need to Know About the Security of a New Social Media Clubhouse (nv.ua, 23.02.2021)
• Digital Competence for Students: Rules and Life Hacks (expert comment for Media Sapiens, 07.03.2021)
• Get to Know Everyone: Facebook Is Developing Smart Glasses With a Recognition Function (expert comment for The Page, 12.03.2021)
• The Internet Knows Everything. How to Limit the Online Data Collection About Journalists (j-mama.imi.org.ua, 08.04.2021)
• Your Site Is Down. Ddos Attack Is a Possible Cause. Here's How to Recognize and Neutralize It (bit.ua, 26.05.2021)
• Eternal question of digital security: tape or not to tape a laptop camera? (bit.ua, 13.07.2021)
• Mass hacking harbinger. What is Pegasus and how the authorities tapped journalists (expert comment for The Page, 28.07.2021)
• Do we have to adjust the router? (bit.ua, 27.07.2021)
• E-passports COVID-certificates: when will Ukraine be digitalized. Expert comments (expert comment for Suspilne Media, 25.08.2021)
• Chaos digitalizaion. Why personal data are "flowing" in Ukraine (expert comment for Deutsche Welle, 17.09.2021)
• How safe is «Diia» and may your personal data be stolen? (expert comment for Hromadske Radio, 22.10.2021)
• «Bio Passport 666, barcode on your forehead, antichrist seal»: fakes about biometric passport (expert comment for Hromadske Radio, 12.11.2021)
• Fraudsters, who promise payment for vaccination: clients of «Privatbank» have faced new scam (expert comment for 5 channel, 25.11.2021)
• What will be with the SIM cards of Ukrainians? (expert comment for Hromadske Radio, 12.01.2022)
• How not to lose the site during the war. The Checklist from the expert of the DSS380 School of Digital Security Pavlo Belousov (expert comment for Speka, 25.03.2022)