| When the internet became the main source for | | | | until the machine has discovered the password. |
| information in the world, there have been those that | | | | They will then gain access to your bank and promptly |
| have sought to gain illegal profit from such things. This | | | | drain it. The best way to protect yourself against such |
| is the way of the world and people all over the world | | | | theft is to make sure that you use a password that is |
| are now the target of the many computer hackers | | | | not specific to you, such as your birthday, and also |
| that are around. Unlike the bulk of people who are living | | | | make sure that it contains numbers along with the |
| in the virtual world, these hackers seek to gain access | | | | letters. The password software will not be able to gain |
| to the personal and private information that one has | | | | access because it can only guess either letters or |
| stored on their computer. | | | | numbers, not a combination of both because the |
| With this information they will work to steal money, and | | | | choices are way too vast to compute. |
| the identity of the person. This is all done without | | | | The other most common form of hacking is the direct |
| having to leave the home and can be performed with | | | | email scam. These are often times referred to as |
| a vast knowledge of how computers work. Many | | | | spoof emails. The email will come in looking very official |
| people believe that this sort of crime will never happen | | | | and proper from a company that you have an |
| to them and that is not the case. The hackers of the | | | | account with. Then the email will most likely tell you that |
| world are very clever and work to make sure that | | | | your account has been suspended and you need to |
| they have access to the entire bulk of information on | | | | login to correct the problem. It will instruct you to click |
| the internet and ways to use that information to their | | | | on a link to login and will take you to a page that looks |
| benefit. | | | | exactly like the actual company page. Once you login |
| The most common form of hacking is the password | | | | you have given the hacker all of your account |
| grabber. With this form you get a program that works | | | | information. |
| to guess the password that you have set up on the | | | | The way to protect yourself in this case is to make |
| many protected areas of the web. Lets say that you | | | | sure that you are getting the email from the company. |
| do all of your banking online and your bank protects | | | | Most often you will find that these companies will |
| your account by way of a username and password. | | | | never ask you to follow a link to login and they will |
| The hackers will gain access to the user name in one | | | | never ask for your information in an email or other |
| way or another, most often by an intercepted email | | | | communication. Forward the emails to the company so |
| over a server that is not encrypted. With that they can | | | | they can start to track the problem and maybe shut |
| then put into operation a password program that will | | | | the hackers down before someone falls victim. |
| guess hundreds of different combinations every hour | | | | |