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Hackers and hacker attacks have made a lot of headlines lately and danger seems to be lurking around every corner. Even your e-mail account is not immune to the possibility of hacking that could lead to access to highly sensitive details.
Email is used by us on a daily basis as a means of communication for both personal and professional issues. There are currently about 4.1 million email users, and more than 306 billion emails are sent and received every day. We use it for everything – from sending photos and keeping in touch with friends to contacting health services, banking, government services and many others.
However, email is a honey trap for malicious activity. By hacking your accounts, hackers have a variety of ways that allow them to profit from such hacks. The information security company ESET explains how you can check if your account has been hacked, how you can recover it and how you can avoid the next hack.
The cybercrime economy rolls in billions every year. Much of this profit comes from the sale of stolen information, and many of us are not even aware of the information stored in our email accounts. This could include bank statements to the accountant, or we may have sent a rental agreement that includes contact information, or we may have sent particularly sensitive information to our attorney. Cyber-attackers can collect this information and use it against us to obtain more information, to exploit it for phishing attacks and even to steal our identity.
There are several other reasons that can make cybercriminals want access to your accounts: Activating access data-type attacks. They bet you use the same access data on other accounts as well, and use automated software to try and unlock them as well.
A cyber criminal who has hacked into your account will be able to access your other accounts and change their password. A sign that could indicate a hack is sending spam, phishing messages or other malicious messages to all your contacts.
Hackers have several ways to obtain your account information. They may send a phishing message directly to you and make you believe it came from a trusted source and ask you to “reconnect” so you can easily pass on your login information to them.
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Unidentified messages in the inbox and in the “Sent items” folder, friends complaining about spam coming from your address a large number of password change requests from other sites and apps, and the thickest hint: You can not log in because someone changed the password.
There are several steps that can be taken to prevent this from happening. The safest method is to change the password regularly once a period. Please note that the password is not “transparent”, and is not based on your / your relatives’ phone numbers or other numbers identified with you. You can of course run a full virus scan on your computer to make sure everything is fine and there are no threats, this service usually involves a fee. Did you receive a suspicious message asking for your details? Do not pass them on unless you are sure the source is not malicious.
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