Hackers are trying to steal some important emails, credit card numbers and authentication passwords. In our society, there is a trend to hack some social accounts such as Facebook, Gmail, Twitter etc because most of the people rely on these social websites. All the privacy are kept safe in social accounts and hackers try to steal this information.
No doubt, security system of social websites is too strong to break but hackers are introducing new and unique ways to hack someone's account. Suppose, your social account has been hacked or your authentication passwords of credit cards are in the hands of hacker. You cannot blame social websites for this thing because all of this happens due to the user's own mistake.
Your account will never be hacked due to the fault of social websites. Therefore, we will discuss here some common mistakes and their solutions to prevent hackers.
Try To Limit Yourself To Single Device
It is observed that many of the people login to their account on random devices. I noticed this thing personally in my university. Some of my fellows lack their own mobile or laptop and they try to login on any available device. This thing is not good for those who want to keep their data safe from hackers. Your account can be hacked using following methods.
Using Cookies:
All the browsers are able to save cookies for your login details. A computer expert can easily get and explore such cookies to steal your authentication passwords. So, it is better to clear all the history and cookies after finishing your work.
Using Spy Software:
Some people have key-logger installed in their laptop or computer. This is an easy way to spy and record each keystroke on the keyboard. Surely, you will type your email, password or credit card numbers etc, all these things are recorded which can be easily revealed by laptop's owner.
Keep Your Antivirus Up-to-Date
May be you are thinking that what is the connection between antivirus and hacker. I already said that the hackers are introducing new and unique methods of hacking and the one method is to force the user to download and open a specific file. I will make this thing very simple with an example on your own life.
Suppose, you ask a friend to send the pictures of a party to your email address. Your friend is an expert and he/she binds a spy software with one of your images. When you click on picture to open it, this spy software is installed on your system without any notification. You even don't know about this installation. Only your active antivirus can detect and block such spy software.
Now, this software will record your each keystroke, web pages, screen shots and cam pictures to send to your friend through its own email until you are running the same window on your system.
Trust On Trusted Connections:
In past, it was not a big deal either you are surfing with http or https connections. But now, it is important to keep an eye on this thing. May be you have ever seen that some of the websites have address like http://www.websitename.com and some has https://www.websitename.com.
Basically https connection is used for the website which deals with the account registration or transaction. For example, Facebook, Twitter, Go-daddy etc are running on https because users have to put their password and credit card details on these websites.
So, if a website running on http and demands your authentication passwords then you must avoid it.
On the other hand, http is good for the websites which do not demand any passwords or credit card details. These website have only articles for users to read. For example, you are now reading this article on www.playwithpc.com that is running with http connection because there is no need to put any passwords here.
Keep An Eye On URL Address:
You must take your two seconds to see the URL address of a website before proceeding. It is necessary because hackers use Phishing method to hack someone's account. This method is widely used due to its features. Basically, hackers create a fake page that looks similar with the original one but its address is always changed. Users, do not see the address bar and put their email and passwords which are directly sent to the hacker. Following image will make this thing clear.
Bottom Line
I hope you have understood all the process that how hackers make unfair use of your innocent mistakes to get all of your online information. Comment below to give your valued feedback or ask a question in case of any confusion.
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