How Hackers Hack Facebook Account & How to Protect Yourself from Them ~ globaltechtalk

Facebook is, without a doubt, the most popular social networking website with in excess of 1 billion active users. Because of its popularity, many hackers (or crackers) are actively engaged with hacking Facebook accounts of unsuspecting users. This article traces the many systems that such hackers use to gain access to Facebook accounts of several users every day and how you can stop them from hacking your account.

How Hackers Hack Facebook Account & How to Protect Yourself from Them

Email Address Hack

I have been always confused by people's leniency in this issue. many people leave their email addresses visible on their Facebook profiles. A hacker then needs simply know your name and he will be conveniently shown your email address at your profile. Also, most people share their email ids all over. How simply a hacker would then be able to hack your Facebook account (and everything else related with that email id) if he 'guesses' your password (if you utilize a weak password) or answers your security question!

Here are a few methods you can use to protect yourself from this vulnerability.

How to safeguard your Email Address?

Just follow these steps:-

1. Hide your Email Address from everybody by going to Edit Profile>Contact and Basic Info>Clicking on the gear symbol beside your email address> checking 'Only Me' if you have not done as such as of now.

2. Change your primary email address to a one that is only known to you by going to Settings>Email> and changing your primary email to the enhanced one (known only to you) and removing your previous email address.

3. For extra security, when in Account Settings, enable Login alerts to receive notifications and emails when another PC or mobile device log into your account.

4. Also, enable Login Approvals to get a code on your mobile phone to login at whatever point your Facebook account is gotten to from an unknown device. Login Approvals will require you to have added a mobile number to your Facebook account.

5. Also, enable two factor authentication to get to your email addresses on your email provider's site too to ensure that no hacker can exploit them to hack into your Facebook account.

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Phishing

Phishing is one of the most easiest ways to trap users into giving out their login credentials. All a hacker does is setup a webpage comparable in design to that of the Facebook homepage, attach a server sided script to track the username and password entered and store it in a log. Sending people messages expressing that somebody tagged a photograph of them on Facebook in the same format from Facebook and giving a link below to the phishing site additionally reduces its odds being identified as a fake. Once in a while, spam Facebook applications, similar to those promising to tell who saw your Facebook profile, automatically post links on phishing sites. Another pattern among phishers is making Facebook look-a-like widgets for stealing user's login credentials.

How to prevent yourself from being phished?

At all costs, avoid from clicking on suspicious links. Also, dependably check the URL in the address bar before signing in. Avoid from logging in through different "Facebook widgets" offered by sites and blogs. Instead, use Facebook's homepage to sign in. Continuously try to use Safe Search on web search engines while searching. If you do figure out how to get phished, report the website so that others may get a notice before visiting it.

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Keylogging through Keyloggers

Keylogger is a type of PC virus that tracks key strokes. Keyloggers can be installed remotely on a PC system by a cracker to record all the activity that is going on the injured victim's PC. Keylogging gets all the more simple if the hacker has physical access to the injured victim's computer.

How to stop keyloggers?

Install a good antivirus and update it as often as possible. Don't click on suspicious links and avoid downloading illegal software. Also, avoid installing free toolbars and different such spam software. Continuously check third-person's flash and pen drives before using them on your PC.

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Social Engineering

Social engineering includes using any trap to method the user into making himself vulnerable to exploits. This could include anything from sending spoof emails or messages , pretending to be from Facebook, instructing you to change your password to 12345678 to a hacker maliciously finding out the solution to your security question in a friendly chat or discussion.

How to prevent yourself from being socially engineered ?

Stay aware amid chats and discussions. Use an intense securtiy question, preferably one whose answer you could never disclose to anybody. Moreover, Facebook, or some other company for that matter, will never request that you change your password to 12345678 or do something as senseless as requesting that you convey your login details to demonstrate that you are a active user. Always think before taking activities and your e-life on Facebook will be safe from hackers looking to hack Facebook accounts.

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