Topic: How to protect yourself from social engineering hacks (Read 199 times)
The only and best way is not to use a computer at all. Because while you figure out how to protect yourself from hacker attacks, hackers come up with a new way to hack your computer.
My rules when dealing with whole this internet-money-making sphere:
1) Don't follow suspicious links. At least not from your main computer.
2) Don't use similar or easy passwords.
3) Don't keep your private keys, seeds or passwords somewhere on your desktop or any place like that, where they are too easy to be found.
1) Don't follow suspicious links. At least not from your main computer.
2) Don't use similar or easy passwords.
3) Don't keep your private keys, seeds or passwords somewhere on your desktop or any place like that, where they are too easy to be found.
We can use a better browser to protect infor, for example Brave browser, and we can earn BAT tokens for watching ads.
We can save all of cryptocurrencies in cold wallet
We can save all of cryptocurrencies in cold wallet
We don't want to click any link that's being suggested if it's unfamiliar.
Yes right. Many of viruses and malwares are from the uneccesary applications that we can found in the internet. We should be aware that some of them are having a secret content that might affect your devices. Avoid clicking links too, i have seen so many posts and articles that someone stole their money all of it and they dont know how, it is simply because they click links that is phishing link. Just do not click on anything you see on this forum or on telegram. The only thing you will find there is scam, be aware and always triple think before you click on a ling, do you really need to do this or it is irrational?
Avoid those very unfamiliar and if by chance you happen to click a link by accident, close it immediately. Stop being someone that keeps on downloading everything you like if they are unnecessary.
I've read articles related to social engineering and i've implemented ways to avoid hackers. Until now, almost all important accounts are safe, i filtered out incoming emails to avoid unknown emails sending suspicious files or documents.
Simple social engineering has been successfully done by cambridge analytica only with Facebook, they do not require very sensitive data but can change things that are very vital. only use survey options that are interestingly packaged. and finally get all the data needed. Can be dangerous if this method is further developed, the user has unconsciously given full trust ranging from the ordinary to the fatal, such as things that are needed in account recovery, which is packaged very interesting in the form of surveys. We just need to make sure to remain vigilant, because everything can trap unconsciously.
Social engineering is used not only by hackers but also advertisers and PR specialists. You just need to be at least a little in the subject of the latest engineering trends and of course you need to be more careful and not click anywhere. I was deceived once in my life when only one letter was replaced in the address bar and on that I lost 500$.
Well of course many people are victims, therefore the security of the devices we use must have very good security to protect our personal data. Of course we must have a backup or at least we always provide a lot of security to reduce the risk of losing our important data, and the most important thing is how you play on the internet.
Social engineering is an innovative way hackers are able to take advantage of you. Here’s what you need to know in order to protect your personal data.
https://selfkey.org/social-engineering-hacks-101/
Social engineering plays off of your emotions, so it can be difficult to stop. Have you ever been a victim of one?
Protecting yourself from social engineering hacks is no longer a new thing, and one of the things you have to do to make sure that you're safe from social engineering hackers is by not clicking random links or ads that you see online, whether on Facebook, forums or anywhere at all.https://selfkey.org/social-engineering-hacks-101/
Social engineering plays off of your emotions, so it can be difficult to stop. Have you ever been a victim of one?
Another thing you will have to do is to stop making use of one password for all your accounts, because if you make use of one password, hackers will be able to have access to all your social accounts after they have break-in one of them. You should also mind the kind of information you're sharing online, and always generate random answers to security questions. Next is to avoid quizzes you will see on Facebook or other social media that request your info. And...I'm not clicking on that link you posted, I don't know which site is that, I'm sorry.
if you want to defend yourself from social engineering , dont click on links on this forum
Yes, to avoid yourself from phishing victims, then do not ever click on the links that we do not recognize, because now there are so many links that are not useful and very dangerous for us.
Ignore the strangers who suddenly give you a message and say that he will give you half of his money if you help him get out his bitcoin he won because it was an obvious scam.
You also should not immediately believe on social media pages that you have won altcoins (like Stellar Lumens) and that you need to click on a link where you enter your private key. These are obvious social engineering tricks but if you are a beginner and have no idea then you can easily fall victim to exploiters.
You also should not immediately believe on social media pages that you have won altcoins (like Stellar Lumens) and that you need to click on a link where you enter your private key. These are obvious social engineering tricks but if you are a beginner and have no idea then you can easily fall victim to exploiters.
being an unbeliever will really help you ,target 2 on the web you mean "Phone Social Engineering" it's better not to immediately trust people who contact you find think slowly and don't rush immediately will be very helpful so not exposed to fraud by telephone ,anyway everything on your website really helps the most important thing is don't trust right away
if you want to defend yourself from social engineering , dont click on links on this forum
not only in this forum but all social media. because at this time a lot of people who send links and the end there will be indications of scam or fraud. telegrams, for example, many will send fake links. but so far I have never found it because I will definitely pass it by, and don't try it. it's just to find it safe.
I think to protect ourselves from this, we must be careful about the problem and usually they spread the link via sms, email and sometimes if we make the wrong access to the site and things that can make us trapped in the fraud. therefore when accessing the link we must be very careful
Also, be wary of those calls pretending to be affiliated with banks or credit cards that offer to increase your limit or something. Some of them are scams that will pry you of your identification details like birthdays, SSS number, credit card CVV numbers and the likes. Never give important information.
Experiences that someone texted you with promo or offering promo unknowingly where did they get our contact numbers. We really need to secured our details in any way possible as many uses this in their own interest. Make sure to do transaction with the legit affiliate especially in crypto which been eyed by many hackers.
Also, be wary of those calls pretending to be affiliated with banks or credit cards that offer to increase your limit or something. Some of them are scams that will pry you of your identification details like birthdays, SSS number, credit card CVV numbers and the likes. Never give important information.
Social engineering is spreading day by day but you should care about little your data , phone, and other things and should be various aware spam mails, pishing attacks, and fake email that sending my the name of the bank and other institutions. I never attached them by spam emails due to care about them.
Social engineering is an innovative way hackers are able to take advantage of you. Here’s what you need to know in order to protect your personal data.
https://selfkey.org/social-engineering-hacks-101/
Social engineering plays off of your emotions, so it can be difficult to stop. Have you ever been a victim of one?
Control your greed if you want to avoid hacks and scams.https://selfkey.org/social-engineering-hacks-101/
Social engineering plays off of your emotions, so it can be difficult to stop. Have you ever been a victim of one?
Maybe this article not related to cryptos but still useful for someone to keep their device safe.
But the reality is its not possible to have complete privacy when we have smartphones so be selective while installing apps only choose trusted ones.
I experienced it in 2012 if I'm not mistaken. Suddenly a notification appeared on my laptop and said that my files were encrypted by the hacker. And he asked for a ransom to remove the encryption along with his email address. I tried to contact him through the e-mail and he asked for a fee of around $ 50. I think that's an absurd action. In short, I did not pay any money to the hacker. The step that I took was to backup all my data to an external hard drive and reinstall my laptop. Finally, the notification popup disappeared.
Actually social engineering is about luring people through social contact and not this kind of ransom that's trying to threaten you. in SE they will impersonate or trying to fake their identity into making you believe that they are trustable or trying to let you make mistake and giving them a weak spot to penetrate. Ransom is sort of robbery and doesn't net social contact, that's what I know and that's why it's called Social Enginering. 
1. Stay away from ads clicks or links
2. Do not use a single password for all websites you have accounts on
3. Only click on links that you are expecting inside your email accounts to avoid phishing scams
Also add this.2. Do not use a single password for all websites you have accounts on
3. Only click on links that you are expecting inside your email accounts to avoid phishing scams
1.dont register in a website thats not secure.
2. Do not download any application you see in the web.
3. Secure your email using 2fa or other authentication.
4. Dont give to others important details like password.
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