How to Protect Your Web Accounts from Being Hacked
1 : Use a very strong password. A hacker can access your account by using a attack called 'dictionary attack', in which all of the words from a standard dictionary of the English language is placed in the password box and after a while, the password may be revealed and a hack will occur. To reduce the possibility of a dictionary attack, add numbers, alphabets and even symbols (!@#$%^&) altogether. If the site allows for it, use a pass phrase with numbers and symbols too - this is even harder to crack, although it's not provided as an option as often as passwords.
An example: Suppose you have the password 'Hellotoyou' (without the quotes). This could be hacked within an hour or less using a dictionary attack. However, if you modify it to something like: '#ello2u' (without the quotes), it would take more than 1 month or even a year to crack and the hacker is going to give up and look for an easier target.
An example: Suppose you have the password 'Hellotoyou' (without the quotes). This could be hacked within an hour or less using a dictionary attack. However, if you modify it to something like: '#ello2u' (without the quotes), it would take more than 1 month or even a year to crack and the hacker is going to give up and look for an easier target.
2 : Don't ever use obvious passwords. For example many people have the tendency of keeping the password as '<your own="" name="">', or 'password' or 'password123' , '<your girlfriend="" boyfriend="" name=""> '. People trying to access your account will use the obvious examples first.
There are password strength checkers available online for you to test a range of passwords before using them. This can help you work out what is as strong as possible each time.
There are password strength checkers available online for you to test a range of passwords before using them. This can help you work out what is as strong as possible each time.
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