Access to Facebook is very easy, which
is why it is equally simple for people to steal your password and gain
access to your account. Knowing how they do this will guide you in
protecting your account. Below are five ways hackers steal your
password:
- Facebook applications, causes &ads
Do not just click on any ads or applications on your Facebook wall that you are not familiar with.
There have been numerous cases of people
getting viruses from Facebook ads, or releasing private details that
were not supposed to be released.
- Phishing for Facebook passwords
Recently, Facebook has been a target for spammers who utilise the “phishing” technique to obtain personal details from users.
When you receive an email supposedly
from Facebook and you click on the link, although you’ll visit a page
that looks like you’re logging into Facebook, you’re actually providing
the spammer with your Facebook password details.
For every mail you get, observe the
status bar for the actual URL link (not the URL text in the email). If
the link is something other than Facebook.com, it’s very likely that the
email is a fake.
- Websites integrated with Facebook
Websites, blogs and large businesses usually incorporate the well-recognised Facebook and Twitter buttons onto their pages.
Knowing this, hackers camouflage a false
Facebook login page by making it look like an authentic share button.
When users click on the fake Facebook button, the hackers automatically
get hold of the users’ credentials.
Instead of clicking on the share button,
open Facebook in another browser and visit the sites on the Facebook
browser you have opened. You can then use the share buttons. Authentic
buttons are plugged into the Facebook Application Programming Interface
and they will recognise that you are already authenticated.
- Desktop and online applications
Third-party apps and other social
networking sites have the ability to pull data from and also post data
on your Facebook account.
Some of them may be bogus apps set up to
gain access to Facebook authentication details. Before you install an
app and provide your Facebook login details, check the web for reviews
from other users of the app (or check if it’s listed at Make Use Of).
- Logging in on public computers
Using public computers to login into
your Facebook account is dangerous because of the “keep me logged in”
button under the Facebook login fields.
The “keep me logged in” basically
ensures that no matter where else you browse to, or even if you close
the Facebook tab, that browser session remains authenticated. If you go
to Facebook in any cyber café where the Internet browser is left opened,
more often than not, you’ll find that the last person that accessed
Facebook is still logged in.
Fake chat pop-up Ads
Another recent phenomenon to fool people
into logging into their Facebook accounts is the fake chat pop-up.
According to http://www.makeuseof.com, these ads are known to clone a
Facebook chat pop-up. It looks like a random person is trying to chat
with you from where the Facebook chat is usually located.
If you click on the chat window, it may
take you to a Facebook phishing page. Or, it may just be an
advertisement for a porn site or other products that you very likely
have no interest in.
Questions and Answers
I cannot log into my Facebook
account. It is displaying, “the number you entered does not match any
account.” Please help—2348133***08
Go to the ‘ABOUT’ section of your
account: ‘D’ then look for the email of your Facebookaccount and change
it to something similar to your email.
If this does not work, try setting up a
new Facebook account with the same info and this will prompt Facebook to
recognise that you already have an account.
Setting up a new Facebook account: Fill
out the “new user” info, and put in the same information like e-mail
etc.It will display “it appears you already have an account,” when you
see this message and your email log in page, put in your password.
I am using Infinix Hot 2, 16GB
ROM 2GB RAM. The problem I have is that anytime I want to download a
game or file of 700MB from Play Store, it downloads 100 per cent and
starts from the beginning, and I still have a lot of space left. Please
help—2348052***77
When downloading very large files from
the Google Play Store, it is better to do it over WiFi and not mobile
data. This is because downloading large files of over 300MB can be quite
tricky with mobile. You need a constantly strong Internet connection to
achieve your large file download effectively. As long as you have
memory space on your phone, it should be successful.
Answer courtesy of George Ejere, Founder, B2BTechNG. Email; biztech_ng@yahoo.com
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