5 Ways You are Being Hacked W eb monitoring and mass surveillance has become a headache for most of us. Everyday some new malware makes its way into our lives through websites and applications that we use. It is important for you to know where the loopholes exist and eradicate them as soon as possible. So here are the top 5 ways people are getting hacked. 1> Password reuse It may not sound to be a serious issue but it is one of the main reason responsible for password. What people do is that they use same password for every account that exists and make it easy for an attacker to hack all of their data in one go.Make sure you have a unique and strong password for each log in. It makes it harder for us to remember each and every password ,thus password managers were created. 2>Malware downloads If you surf the web regularly and try new apps for your mobiles, chances are you already downloaded some malware or will invite them in the near future. 30,000 websites a
We all access internet in a never ending loop and in this loop what we find most annoying is the ads that we come across .We often deploy our best fighters in the name of some extensions or addons to fight the cause. But what you dont know is that ads are just a dot of the bigger picture. Ads cant harm you directly unless you are dumb enough to click each and every adware that you come across. What can actually cause real harm is the malware with which the internet is filled and the trackers that follow you everywhere. So, how to get away from these malware and trackers without using any extensions or add-ons? The answer is HOSTS files. Now you must be wondering what this host file is, never heard of this genius. Well you are not alone but i am here to guide you through it. What is HOSTS file? What you see above is what a HOSTS file look like. When you try to access a previously unknown website on the internet, your web browser normally first checks the HO