To avoid being an easy target, it is important to educate yourself on the ways that hackers use to gain access to your accounts and how you can protect yourself from being hacked. Anyone with average computer knowledge and a desire to harm can pretty much launch an attack. The dark web is full of some of the most prevalent password cracking tools. *My dear friend’s name was changed to protect her privacy.In today’s technologically-filled world, it doesn’t take a pro hacker to crack a password. If not, it may be time to rethink your opinion of them! If your friends develop a sudden fascination with nether regions and enhancements, and are bombarding you with emails, please give them the benefit of the doubt and assume their email has been hacked. Never share your passwords and change your passwords regularly – at least every 6 months.Check out McAfee’s Security Advice Centre for some tips on how to create a strong password. Create strong passwords that include a variety of characters including numbers and symbols.Not only is there a greater chance of spyware on untrusted computers but some of them sport key logging programs which monitor and record the keys you strike on the keyboard – a great way of finding out your password! Avoid logging into your email from public places.Make sure you have comprehensive internet security software (that includes anti-spyware), and please keep it updated! Spyware hides itself on your computer, collects personal information about you and passes on your personal details without you knowing.Never respond to an unexpected email or website that asks you for personal information or your login details no matter how professional it looks. Here are just a few of the ways you can prevent your email from being hacked: So what went wrong? Well, unfortunately, hackers are a particularly clever species who have an array of ways of gleaning personal information from law abiding citizens such as Rebecca. She had Internet security software that she thought was safe as it had only recently lapsed, she had never shared her passwords with anyone and she didn’t think she had ever visited any strange websites. She just couldn’t work out how this had happened to her. Rebecca had not developed a new hobby but had instead become a victim. Now, I had thought that I knew this friend particularly well but when I started receiving emails from her regarding a certain part of the male body that could be enlarged and promising ‘staying power’, I wondered if I needed to have a rethink!Īlas. Not only is she smart and clever but she is all class. I have a fabulous friend called Rebecca*.
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