Identity theft is becoming more common, we put more and more of our lives online. In the past, identity thieves have a tough job on his hands; the identity of someone stealing meant digging through the trash looking for bank statements thrown out. Now it could be as simple as sending an email to someone. Indeed, online identity theft has increased 300% over the last two years -. An extremely worrying statistic
Identity thieves working on the basis that most people are unlikely to be very careful with their personal data. Because of the nature of our mobile lives, we are constantly connected to the web worldwide, the result is that we trust the online community a lot more than we should. Identity thieves use many techniques to collect personal information, using phishing emails, fake websites, malicious links spread through social networks, and a good "social engineering" to the old.
The most shocking example of this latter technique is the recent story about Wired journalist - and all-round individual tech-savvy - Mat Honan. Within an hour, hackers were able to access accounts MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Gmail and Twitter Honan -. And delete everything
Stay safe
Scary stuff, but keeping identity thieves away from your private data is not as difficult as you might think. A good anti-virus software will help, as will be cautious about the links you click. But even the best anti-virus software will not be able to get back on the most sophisticated attacks, while everyone slips from time to time and click on something they wish they had not.
There are many steps you can take to ensure that what happened to Mat does not happen to you. The usual recommendations of different passwords and remain wary of spam is great, but there are also other online security measures that can add just that layer of security. The use of a VPN service is such a measure.
A VPN service will ensure that your connection requires an encrypted server, which means that your IP address is kept hidden. This allows you to access personal and potentially sensitive information such as bank accounts without pirates able to see anything that encrypted traffic anything
Online security is a problem and it is scary better be careful. we have seen what happens to even the experts when their guard slip.
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