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Ways to Prevent Website and Password Hacking |
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One of my friends e-newsletter and e-mail accounts got hacked in the past weekend. I discovered several methods that could prevent online accounts from being hacked. This information could help anyone on a personal or professional level and should apply to all your online accounts.
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Never use dictionary words, birthdays, pet's name, address, phone numbers or any publicly available information as passwords.
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Create a long password (if the system allows) that consists of characters, symbols, numbers and a mix of upper and lower case. Exp. r3dBl@cktr33 or L0v3Me! Please create a password with AT LEAST six characters.
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Change your password regularly. I highly recommend people to change their passwords AT LEAST once every six months. For more important accounts, please change the passwords every few weeks.
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Install and update your anti-virus and anti-malware. Some free anti-malware software does not update its definition files automatically.
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Do not expose too much personal information on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Linkedin. Hackers might be able to answer some of your online security questions by collecting information from social media sites.
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Be aware of phishing over the internet. The best protection against phishing is DO NOT click on any link embedded in an email.
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Do not open email from unknown sender or suspicious email subject line.
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Be careful on what you surf on the internet.
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