Ways they used to hack your Facebook account and ways for you to keep your Facebook account ‘Hacked-free’

Did you know?

Facebook actually allows people to get into someone else's Facebook account without knowing their password with only two simple steps.

First, you choose three friends to send a code to.

Next, you type in the three codes and yes! you’re in!

How did they actually do it and what can you do to prevent your Facebook account from being hacked?

• Reset the Password

They do:

Resetting the victim’s password by clicking ‘Forgotten your password’

Type in the victim’s Facebook email login simply by looking it up on their Facebook page in the Contact Info section

You do:

Use an email address specifically for your Facebook and don't put that email address on your profile.

Set a difficult security question and answer

Learn about recovering your account from friends

• Use a Key logger

They do:

A software key logger is a program that records each stroke on the keyboard that the user makes, without their knowledge.

It is downloaded manually on the victim's computer and will automatically start capturing keystrokes when the computer is turned on and remain undetected in the background.

A hardware keylogger works the same way as the software keylogger, except that a USB drive with the software needs to be connected to the victim's computer.

You do:

1. Use a firewall.
2. Install a password manager.
3. Update your software.
4. Change passwords. 

• Phishing

They do:

Creates a fake login page where it can be sent via email to the victim looking exactly like the Facebook login page.

You do:

·         Don't click on links through email.

·         Don't click on any sketchy looking links that ask for your information.

·         Use anti-virus & web security software.

• Stealing Cookies

They do:

·         Allows a website to store information on a user's hard drive and later retrieve it.

·        Contains important information used to track a session that a hacker can sniff out and steal if they are on the same Wi-Fi network as the victim.

You do:

·    On Facebook, go to your Account Settings and check under Security. Make sure Secure Browsing is enabled.

1. ·         Full time SSL.
2. ·         Log off a website when you're done.
3. ·         Use only trustworthy Wi-Fi networks.
4. ·         Use a VPN.

Written By: 

LIEW ZER CHEUN HELENA

Bachelor of Public Relations (Honours)

Tunku Abdul Rahman University College