Snoop Dogg talks cybercrime!
Friday 10 September 2010
As your online team, it’s only natural that we care for your internet safety.
And we’re not the only ones. Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has shown his support for the fight against cybercrime by teaming up with respected spyware protection software Norton AntiVirus.
We were lucky enough to meet the big Dogg in person and find out his message to cyber criminals across the globe, who are accessing information illegally be it your personal details or Snoop and other artists’ music. 
He said: “I’m against hackers stealing music as well as accessing your emails etc.
“I just want the cybercriminals to know, they’re going against Snoop and that’s not cool. The artists are fighting back – we’re coming to get y’all.”
You tell 'em Snoop. Reckon you could give Mr Dogg a run for his money when it comes to rap brilliance? Enter Norton’s fabulously-titled competition Hack Is Wack! to create your own anti-cybercrime rap video. Check out some of the entries while you’re there. (They’re hilarious.)
We spoke to Snoop in the Norton Black Market truck which educates the public about the worldwide threat cybercrime poses.
During our tour of the truck, we learned:
- that thousands of credit card numbers, email addresses, username logins and passwords are sold in bulk online
- that cybercrime has generated a whopping $7.3 billion (£4.75 billion pounds)
- to beware phishing scams which are surveys sent to your email inbox in an attempt to access your personal details
We found out some ways of avoiding being a victim of cybercrime from the super helpful Norton Internet Safety Advocate Marian Merritt. She told us:
- to make sure to adjust our privacy settings on Facebook so that our details are not available to anyone and everyone
- to be wary of using the same password for every account as it’s common for people’s various accounts to be hacked because they use the same password for everything they do
- to invest in software like Norton AntiVirus (from Symantec) which will stop you from clicking on dangerous sites – she recalled a dangerous site that kids came across when searching High School Musical. It asked them whether they wanted to view a video which resulted in the computer becoming infected
- to bear mobile solutions in mind as there has been a growth in cybercrime where Blackberrys, iPhones and smartphones are concerned
You couldn't accuse your Closer team of not looking out for your internet safety eh?!
By Anisa Kadri
To find out more about fighting cybercrime, visit the Norton AntiVirus website.
And to find out what we chatted to cybercrime-fighter Snoop Dogg about, click here.