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In this growing digital world, the internet has made our lives so much easier. One can earn money to meet his own and family’s expenses. It can also be a winning medium of instruction for every level of education whether primary or higher education.
Despite the benefits of this technology, it can be a threat to your personal information as well. The whole business firm can be destroyed in minutes if the credential information is leaked out.
Thus, you should be familiar with the ways hackers can trap you so that you are one step ahead of them. Following are some most common tricks hackers use to reveal your credentials:
Password Hacking
Password hacking is one of the most common and easy ways of hacking, and a weak password is just a gift for a hacker to get access to your personal information. A single weak password for email, computer, or any other smart device can risk the whole business company.
For this, you should use a strong password policy. You can either apply two-factor authentication or use a ‘passphrase’ technique. A passphrase is a way of creating a complex password by using a meaningful phrase. Use the first letters of the words and use them to get a password.
Hackers often use basic personal information like a person’s full name, his children’s name, or birth dates. They can also stalk your social media profile to get an idea about this personal information.
Phishing Schemes
Phishing is another common method used by hackers to trap innocent people. Our inboxes are almost full of phishing messages but we don’t know most of the time. These messages may be under the name of a company like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, or from the name of some person that is close to us.
We often receive some messages that offer free stuff by clicking on a particular link. To protect your data from such culprits you should know about internet security and educate others as well. There is always a solution to every problem. In this case, the solution lies in the prevention of such activities that are beneficial for a cyberpunk.
Viruses or Trojans
Hackers can also trap you by installing malicious software or applications from you on your device. When you install such an application, hackers can access all of your data. They can even lock your files or send them to all the devices connected to your network.
For this, you should avoid installing software and applications from an anonymous source like a link sent by somebody. The other option is to install antivirus software on your device that can detect such malicious files and viruses.
To prevent something, first, you should be well aware of it. Cybercrime is prevailing very fast and risking people’s finances and security. To defeat the hacker community, we should take steps together. The first and foremost step is to educate ourselves and be aware of hacking tricks. In this way, we can save our own and other credential information from illegal acts of hackers.
