Beware of Password Stealing Hackers, Kaspersky Gives This Advice

How to protect account passwords from hackers (photo: Kaspersky)

JAKARTA - Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity company, discloses that cybercriminals regard passwords as shortcuts to other people's lives, critical work tools and salable merchandise.

There have been many cases where the hacker sold the database of an account and its password on the dark web. Therefore, it is important for us to protect accounts from unwanted access.

Some things you can do to prevent hackers from stealing your passwords are as follows:

• Don't reuse the same password for multiple accounts
• Make your passwords long and strong and store them securely
• Change it as soon as you hear the first news about a data breach on the service or website you use
• Use a password manager software that can help you with all of these tasks such as Kaspersky

As for some additional suggestions from Kaspersky to improve password security are:

• Enable two-factor authentication whenever possible, to provide an extra layer of security and will prevent hackers from accessing your account even if someone manages to get hold of your login and password.
• Set up social networks for better privacy. This will make it more difficult to find information about you, and therefore make it more difficult to use brute force dictionaries to attack your account.
• Stop sharing too much personal information, even if it's only visible to friends.