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Avoid Phishing Messages This Holiday Season

Posted On: December 20, 2024 by Home State Bank in: Community, Personal Banking

During the holiday season, you might expect to get more deliveries. Some might even be surprise gifts. Scammers are counting on that when they send fake delivery notifications to you by email and text, hoping you'll click. Here's how to spot these scams.

You get an email or text saying you missed the delivery. Or it might say your item can't be delivered because you need to update your street address or zip code. Sometimes, these scammers create a sense of urgency...

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Tags: fraud, holiday scams, phishing scams, safe banking, Text scams

Cyber Safe

Staying Cyber-Safe

Posted On: October 16, 2024 by Home State Bank in: Community, Personal Banking

At Home State Bank, we are committed to the security and safeguarding of your financial assets. While we have the state-of-the-art systems in place to prevent cybersecurity on our end, cybercrime doesn’t happen in one place.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. To keep your financial assets safe from hackers and scammers, follow these tips:

Always Enable Multifactor Authentication (MFA). This adds a second layer of defense that criminals have to work/guess...
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Tags: cybersecurity, online banking, safe banking, security