Beating Hackers Online

Beating Hackers Online

Hackers capitalize on unsecured online accounts to rip off users. Photo/Daily Mail

By MUSYOKA NGUI

Nothing exposes web users than hacking. Accounts of users could be compromised while others have their confidential and personal information stolen. Cybercrime is real and threatens governments, corporates and individuals at all levels.

But it takes a discerning wizard to stay out of trouble with hackers who are on the prowl devising mechanisms to penetrate yet another account.

One way of keeping hackers at bay is changing one’s passwords often. The key in codes should be changed. Well as often as babies need new diapers. That is not to mean you be a control freak. Extra layers of authentication like email links and SMS short codes wired to your phone or computer make sure that you confirm your credentials before logging in.

Online security breaches target influential persons and businesses and out of desperation to save face, more often than not the victims never acknowledge or report the assault. A bank will be reluctant to announce that its IT personnel broke into its cyber store and stole. Email service providers too do not want to come off as vulnerable easy targets for the bloggers in masks.

One can update their antivirus in order to enjoy latest developments in cyber security. Avoid saving your passwords to servers you do not trust. These include public browsing centers like resource centers, hubs and lending your smartphone to strangers who could hack and post malicious stuff on your behalf.

Your employer will be less inclined to believe that the sensational news published on your social media timeline was by someone else other than you.

There is no a 100% proof to keep hackers at bay so keep trying and stay updated on musyokangui.blogspot.com for all the latest digital solutions.