Online bargain hunting: the cybercriminals' wish list
It's that time of year again and shopping fans are getting shiny-eyed: Black Friday, Cyber Monday and various other discount campaigns with "Black" or "Cyber" in the name are just around the the door. And even though many a purchase can certainly be made at a super price, it's the online portals - and the cyber criminals - who will be cyber criminals! We were able to get our hands on an exclusive "wish list" from the hacker scene. and do not want to withhold these "9 black rules". But seriously: users should take this list to heart insofar as they should honestly ask themselves honestly ask themselves where a "yes" might be on their lips. ....
Use a password that is easy to remember!
Or guessable. Maybe something simple like '123456'. No one is likely to have something as simple as that, and no one and no one will ever guess it. Except cyber gangsters, of course. They'll crack something like that within microseconds, if you can even call it cracking.
Always use the same password!
Whether Facebook, Google, banking account, shopping channel - make it easy for yourself and the hackers and protect everything with one and the same password. protect everything with one and the same password. This way, the hacker only has to only have to find out your password once and have access to all accounts.
Make sure you keep a document with all your passwords on your smartphone or in your e-mail account! in your e-mail account!
After all, if you use several passwords, you have to make a note of them somewhere. This also makes the hacker happy, who can access your folder more easily than you might imagine.
For heaven's sake, ignore the constant requests for software updates on your laptop, PC, iPad and smartphone!
The industry has only come up with this to drive you crazy. It has nothing whatsoever to do with to do with data security. And whether these updates really close gaps that criminals can criminals can get in, we don't even know.
Feel free to open links or attachments from senders you don't know at all!
After all, you need to know what's going on with the money order from overseas, the contact from New York, the inheritance and so on. Both the attachments and links in such mails are certainly completely harmless, who will always be so suspicious? be so suspicious? And if your own bank writes to you and asks you and asks you to change your password, that's very friendly and obviously a new a new service - after all, it has never done so in the last 20 years. in the last 20 years.
Answer all e-mails that begin with "Dear customer" in a friendly manner!
And then advise you that they have noticed unusual or suspicious activity on your account. on your account. How nice to point this out to you. Such pro-active You should support such pro-active engagement.
Use the handy reminder function when you log in to a site. log in!
the programmers thought of something when they included this function. So why not use it? Especially with online banking, it is enormously especially for online banking, it is extremely practical not to have to enter your security password all the time. And no one nobody notices. Nobody else is at your computer, right?
Take advantage of the unbelievably good offers, make great bargains!
After all, that's what Black Friday is all about. Brand-name sunglasses with a 70 percent discount? A free iPhone as a welcome gift? Why should you get suspicious? Maybe you'll just get lucky for once? That's what Cyber-Friday is for: for 1A deals and great opportunities - even for criminals.
And you really don't need to check account transactions!
After all, we all have enough to do. No transactions are made without your knowledge - how could they? How could they? After all, you haven't shared your access data with anyone.