Phishing emails are bogus messages carefully designed to look like a legitimate message (or attached file) from a site or person you trust. Their goal is getting you to willingly give up your login info or unknowingly click a link to install a virus. The best of these emails look uncannily similar to their real-world counterparts, but there are ways to discern a phishing attempt from a legitimate email.

There are some things you need to do first. Here’s a handy checklist from Popsugar to ensure all of your important data doesn’t wind up in the wrong hands.

First things first. Back up your iPhone. There are several places you can back up your data including iCloud, iTunes, your computer or laptop and various online storage options.

Phone scammers are at it again this time claiming to be from Apple support. The latest Apple phone scam involves sending an automated message to potential victims that warns that their iCloud account has been hacked and will be "terminated" if they do not speak with a support representative.

By now we’re sure you’ve heard about the massive cybersecurity breach at Equifax. The bad guys wormed their way into the credit reporting company’s data and managed to obtain personal information on more than 143 million U.S. consumers and an undisclosed number of U.K. and Canadian people.

Capturing a screenshot on your phone is pretty easy. Did you know you can also take a screenshot on your computer? We’re not talking about the PrtScn button on your keyboard, although that is one way to do a screengrab. The problem with the PrtScn function is it takes a snapshot of the entire screen.