Security is the primary concern for all Internet users today. Big organizations and search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and many popular websites maintain separate teams to keep their servers secure from hackers. Security is important for organizations and also for every Internet user like you and me.
Nowadays, number of hackers are increasing at an exponential rate. So to keep ourselves secure from them, we must know many things about security
It’s hard to learn all techniques, but you must follow a few crucial steps to secure your online accounts, such as your Email, banking accounts, credit or debit card information, and other social networking website login details.
Most people will have multiple Email addresses, but only one is important for many.
Why should You secure Email accounts?
Remember when you first started using the Internet?
At that time, we didn’t know much about security. After spending time online, a few people show security interest, but some never take care of it.
Let’s assume what would happen if someone knew your primary official email ID and then think about what they could do.
They can change your passwords on any social media networking site. If you are maintaining blogs, they can destroy them, too. They can post some bad or other stuff on our social media accounts.
So everyone should secure their email accounts, especially since it is very important for Bloggers.
Let’s see how to secure our email IDs.
To secure yourself from Attackers, you must know how they will try to obtain your passwords.
How Attackers will try to get our passwords?
There are so many methods no one knows all the ways, but 99% of people use fundamental techniques like phishing or session hijacking and remote key-loggers. If we have some basic knowledge about this, we can secure ourselves.
Tips to secure online activities
Always try to follow all of these tips to secure your online activities.
Detect Phishing
Many people try to hack their friend’s or anonymous persons’ accounts using Phishing. This is a very common method. In this technique, the attacker sends you a link and tells you something. Finally, he will ask you to log in or enter your details in that link. If anyone sends you a link and asks you to log in, don’t do it.
Even if it is your close friend, never log in to that type of page. Phishing pages look like the below image. This is an example phishing page for Facebook. They look like othe original, but you should check the URL carefully.
Use Private Browsing
Always use private browsing in browsers while using others’ Computers.
- To use private browsing in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+P. For Google Chrome, use the thComputerut Ctrl+Shift+N. As soon as you use these shortcuts, you will see nnew browserwwindowsalways use that.
Stay Away From Public WiFi Networks
- Never use Free WiFi hotspot networks. Those providing that network can see the sensitive data if the websites don’t uencrypt properly Please don’t use the WiFi network of others.
Use AntiVirus Software
- Always use a good Antivirus on your Computers and update it regularly to secure your system from remote keyloggers and other threats. See the Best Anti-virus for Windows 10.
Be Aware of Remote Key Loggers
- Another most commonly used method to know others’ passwords isthe Remote Key Logger method. This is a very dangerous method for victims. Remote key-loggers will send all letters that you type on your keyboard. So, keep your system clean from key-loggers.
Use Two Factor Authentication
- Many major websites support Two Step verification using the mobile number to access your account. So always verify your mobile number on websites as two-step authentication. This is the best way to retrieve your password, even if somebody hacks your account. Never click on remember password option when you get a prompt from browsers at the top of the page. If you select that,t other people using that computer can see that password.
Use Virtual Keyboards
The best way is to use the virtual keyboard in your system. It looks like a kComputerin our tablet or touch phones that will appear on our PCour PC screen like this image. You must perform these tips to secure your Email or banking accounts.
There are so many other tips one can follow. Eventhough I don’t know all of them, I believe these are some of the important steps, and one should always follow them. I hope his article is helpful.
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