The Defense Against the Dark Arts

The Defense against the dark arts refers to defending yourself in the world Cyber against the Dark arts like hacking, data theft and social engineering attacks. Professor Snape for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will teach the subject Defense against the Darks arts; ie Professor will teach how to protect your self from the Cyberworld.

“Your defences must, therefore, be as flexible and inventive as the arts you seek to undo”

-Professor Snape

Rule 1:

“Don’t click unwanted links that you receive by E-Mails or by forwarded messages in Whats App”

Once a student of Hogwarts came to know about the chamber of secrets, We all know the curiosity that the students of Hogwarts had They started digging into mystery while searching for the mystery they found something like what they want without knowing they started reading the spell and that resulted in huge damage.

Rule 2:

“Don’t connect to public WI-FI’s until and unless it is secured connection”

As part of class Professor Snape started teaching black magic to students and students started trying the spell. Professor already warned them that this spells are un secure if you’re going into un secured line you will become vulnerable to dark magic

Rule 3:

“Update your PC or any software to get updated security patch”

Harry Potter learns that Sirius Black has escaped from the prison of Azkaban and is planning to kill him. Meanwhile, Hagrid is distraught when his hippogriff, Buckbeak, is sentenced to death. So Harry updated him self to fight against the Sirius black.

Rule 4:

“Please check your URL whether it is legitimate or not before giving the credentials”

Rule 5:

“Please don’t show your personal data in social media, because it makes you vulnerable to others”

The important lesson that thought in the first class of Hogwarts is never showcase your wizard skills to Muggles.

“Hacking doesn’t require the computer it just require human emotions”

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