How to protect your passwords from online hacking.
This post is not a hot fix, actually you might better classify it as a lesson or advice.
Tons of websites and servers are being defaced daily, but you might say “I DON’T CARE, I HAVE NOT USED MY CREDIT CARD, I JUST SIGNED UP FOR A FREE ACCOUNT” or “IT’S JUST A FORUM SITE, NOTHING SPECIAL”. But hackers are really smarter then most of beginners who uses internet, and I will explain you now why.
Most of websites now days do not store credit card details, but they store users login details and e-mail address. Almost 75% of US citizens have a paypal.com account which is one of the leader internet payment processors on the internet world, 30% own a moneybookers.com account and 10% of them own an account at both of these sites.
What is your risk? I have noticed then many friends use the same password on many sites, and this way they avoid forgetting the password of their account. Actually this is very risky, and hacker thought about this vulnerability on the people mind. They search for password there are more complicated on the database (because paypal and moneybookers requires a combination of letters and number, otherwise they do not allow users to signup) and they test if their able to login on the sites that I’ve mentioned before.
So if you’re using the same password on many sites, change your paypal or moneybooker password immediately.
To avoid forgetting the password, I do not also recommend you to use a software that manages your passwords also, because they are easily exploited if you get a Trojan on your PC. My advice to protect the password from any database hack is:
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Lets say that your password is: abc111
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You want to sign up for paypal.com, as a password choose your password and add the website address without www and .com in the end for ex abc111paypal
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If you want to sign up at money bookers choose abc111moneybookers as password
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For the website www.xxx.com choose abc111xxx
This way I’m sure you’re going to be more protected then you currently are.
Related posts:
- Get a free online Credit / Debit Card (MasterCard) and use it to verify your Pay Pal account
- Easy website hacking – The legal way
Tags: choose the right password, methods to protects, password combinations
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