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How To Secure and Protect Your Facebook, Yahoo,Gmail Password From Being Hacked

Another wonderful tutorial and helpul for you people. You've heard cases of hacked facebook accounts, right? Anyone can be a victim due to ignorance but that is not an excuse for leaving your login unsecured. Although there may still be flaws even when proper security measures are taken, you're still guaranteed a certain degree of security when you take those basic precautions.

The internet is a big place full of good guys and lots of crazies, we all know that, but some believe the only way to have fun is to unlawfully gain access to your account and change your password, making your own account inaccessible to you. Facebook, paypal, liberty reserve, MSN, yahoo and gmail accounts can all be hacked and that's a fact you don't want to overlook.

Protect Your Facebook, Yahoo,Gmail From Being Hacked

The most common type of hack attack today is phishing. "Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public.

Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail spoofing or instant messaging,[1] and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one." That is just how phishing is described on wikipedia and you don't want to lose your facebook or paypal account to that right? There are softwares that crack passwords using bruteforce or dictionary attacks and this is why you must make your passwords extremely strong.

Protect Your Facebook, Yahoo,Gmail From getting Hacked

Now How Do I protect Myself From Getting Hack?

There are several precautions to take in order to secure your password and prevent yourself from getting hacked.

1. Using a strong password This is the most important step to take. Never use a password that can be easily guessed like your child's name, your middle name, phone number and so on. Also, never use a word that can be found in the dictionary, your password can be easily cracked using dictionary attack . A strong password consists of letters, figures and symbols all mixed up randomly and I recommend up to 10-14 characters. An example of strong password is this: ^nG='@9y5Y*%mF  

Now, I'm not saying the password above can't be cracked, but it reduces the chance of getting hacked to almost 80% when compared to using a password as simple as your mobile phone number.

2. Beware of links you follow : You might seen a tempting link in your email or someone just posted and interesting link on facebook. Always think twice when websites ask for your log in details.

There's a hack method called phishing that fools you to believe you're logging in to a legitimate site whereas the site you're about to log in to is only a 'photocopy' of the one you think it is. Yes, this method has ben used to hijack lots of facebook accounts in the past and it's still being used till date to hack paypal accounts.

When you receive a link asking you to log in to your libert reserve account, for example, did you take the time to check your address bar to see that it's actually libretyreserve.com and not libertyreserve.com? Can you notice the similarity in he two addresses? Once you fall victim to this hack attack, it doesn't matter anymore whether your password is strong or not, the hacker gets your login details in plain text.

3. Be careful with softwares you install : Downloading and installing every available software from questionable sources can get you into trouble. Did you know some programs contain spywares that spy on you and report everything you do on your computer to some hacker sitting somewhere in a room in another part of the world? Did you also know that keylogger programs can record every little keystroke you make on your PC and send it to a hacker's email? Are you aware that cracks and keygens often contain malicious softwares embedded? I'll advise you to download only from certified sites like filehippo, brothersoft, softpedia, filehorse and others sites like these especially if you don't know much about internet security.

4. Use different passwords for your accounts : Let's assume someone gets to know your yahoo password, the person will definitely try that same password on your facebook, hotmail, gmail and even paypal accounts. You know what would happen if you happen to use the smae password all through and that is why you should try to use different passwords for your online accounts.

5. Always update your antivirus and always use the best around : Your antivirus's virus database must be regularly updated. Why? This gives it a better chance to detect malwares and spywares that may try to steall your password.

6. Do not open spam mails : Do you often receive some stupid mails alerting you of winning some lottery you never played? Such mails can be tempting and I'll advise you not to even open them. They may contain links to phising pages or attachments that contain spywares and malwares.

7. Use SSL (HTTPS) encryption where applicable : When you're using https://, you have a certain degree of protection. A secure connetion (as oppossed to http:// ) only implies that no one gets to see or know what you're doing online and your sent and receive data is encryted. This is why all email providers and some social networks offer you encrypted login. Some sites like facebook and gmail give you the option in your account settings to always use SSL when you're logged in and I guess you should always use this where applicable. You should also know that legitimate and certified stores and online shops ought to use https:// so as to protect your credit card details when shopping.

8. Beware of expired or invalid SSL certificate : Here is a note of caution, when you're logging in to a site and your browser reports that the certificate has expired or invalid, you should not proceed unless you know exactly what you're doing. there are bodies that issue this SSL certificate and illegitimate sites do not have valid certificates and a legitimate site can never encrypt your setting with an expired or invalid SSL certificate. In a case like this, you should know someone is tampering with your connection or trying to fool you. Although these suggestions can get you a long way in preventing your password from getting hacked, it's not 100% guaranteed that you're safe but it's better to do what you can to secure yourself. You definitely don't want to be a victim of a hack attack.

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Posted by Abubakar Adam on Friday, February 14, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
Title : How To Secure and Protect Your Facebook, Yahoo,Gmail Password From Being Hacked
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