Well, most of the time we always think that
virus and spyware, or perhaps malware is the “agent” of hackers. Those viruses
obtain our information from our PC.
Actually there is another tool that loves by hackers which is WiFi. Yes you are not wrong. Hacker can stole information from the gadgets
that is connected to WiFi. However the
good news is that, not all WiFi are dangerous.
Out of many WiFi that we are connected around the
cities, airports, even the Mamak Stores there are some WiFi or Hotspots that is
connected or closely observed by hackers.
They are always waiting for the chance to strike. Frequently, they will
breakthrough our online account, collecting important data such as passwords,
banking account information, email, and even our computer’s IP address for many
purposes, ranging from monetary lost to information abuse. Literally the hacker is just like entering
your sweet home and snap photos around.
However, the more dangerous things are that the
connected computers under a WiFi network can be communicated in both ways. This is to say that our computers or phones
may be infected with different type of viruses when another device that is
using the same network contain these bad boys.
Those viruses will irritate us by eating up our important files and even
disturb the system and freeze the device.
In a more extreme case, we need to send it to the IT or smartphone
experts and we know what happen next.
Who likes formatting their devices frequently anyway?
We need internet connection in various tasks
such as entertainment, watching movies, listening and downloading music and
playing Dota 2. And a high-speed WiFi is
more than desirable. But don’t forget,
this is one of the ways for the hackers to bring their victims close. It is better to be more aware of the WiFi
that you are going to connect rather than connecting it blindly.
Here, we share some tips to prevent from the
WiFi Hackers by taking the following precaution.
1.
Keep
your devices updated with the latest security apps such as firewall, antivirus
and of course browsers and software’s.
2.
DO
NOT perform online transaction and use email while connecting to the WiFi that
you are not sure of its security level.
3.
Change
the default setting of our computers so we have to manually select the Wi-Fi
network before connecting.
4.
Always
turn off the WiFi detector whenever it is not used.
If you are interested to more tips about cyber
threats, don’t forget to like the Invisible Trace Campaign on Facebook and read
the previous entries posted here. You
also can find out more about our campaign that was ended last 30 July
2015.
Stay Tune
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