We’ve heard news about someone hacking google or facebook. We’ve heard about accounts being stolen or sabotaged. We’ve probably even seen a few movies about it! However, unless you’ve experienced or know a friend who have experienced it, you probably won’t realize how real and how much it could happen to you.
You’re probably aware of scams and phishing issues particularly if you do a lot of online shopping, but there are a lot graver threats out there that could harm both your online and offline life – and they could happen when you feel your most secure.
Recently, i’ve had a chance to learn (and develop) about these security threats, and i have become ‘aware’ of some of them. Triggered by the Halloween spirit, i’ve decided to put up a post regarding the scary things that people should really be aware of when doing things online. This is a sort of a sloppy-joe of info that could be useful for people from the technically-challenged to the technically savvy (if your a geek, then you probably already know this). I’ll also try to simplify the explanations as there are other more detailed resources out there that could present you with more ‘advanced’ info (check out the Resources sections).
I do not mean to scare people from using the internet. Well, i actually do! It’s Halloween!
Besides, we all should be a little more careful, especially these days, when technology can go so out of control.