new fraud and hacker techniques!

Today I'd like to discuss something about new techniques computer hackers are using. I figure this is very valuable to ID theft because a good percentage of thieves steal peoples identity over the computer! I want to make it clear that people who steal your identity are likely to have found your information online, people whom might have hacked into your computer, your bank or your phone. the days of people rummaging through trash and looking for your tossed out financial information is declining. now the criminals are sitting behind a computer, in the comfort of their own home and doing whatever they want.

I'd like to again mention fraud alarm, and their recent post which is entitled new computer hacker techniques 2014.

How are hackers getting into your computer these days? A big question a lot of people are asking, and a thoughtful question due to the nature of the underground community of hackers. The antivirus and anticrime industry changes so much, hackers are required to morph and change along with it.

Criminals are quickly moving to social media. Facebook, twitter, pinterest, everywhere where people congregate, hackers are coming too. So it's in your best interest to treat your social media account just as you'd treat your bank account! Always logout of your accounts when on someone elses phone or computer. This is so vital because the "remember me" function will keep you logged in and you don't know who's looking!

The article also talks about automated tools. Hackers have automated tools to do everything now. Automated tools to hack your facebook, automated tools to hack your email, almost anything you think of. And hackers are targeting victims by the millions on a daily basis! I believe this is how I was originally hacked months ago which resulted in my credit card and SSN being stolen. I even searched my SSN on google and found it on some "hacker" message boards that were somehow on google. My information had been floating around for months, being sold or traded again and again, all because of one computer virus.

Which leads me to say make sure your virus program is ALWAYS up to date. This is the make it or break it for many computer users. Some computer virus computers don't update automatically or some people even disable the update function. New viruses comes out everyday and it's up to you to remain protected. Always, always make sure you're antivirus is running each time you start up and its virus definitions are up to date.

Lastly, I was on facebook the other day. I saw a post by a friend saying "go to this website, they're giving out free stuff! xxxx.com". I googled the website that it said to go to and turned out it was a virus website. As I said above, hackers are using social media to infiltrate and mass send out computer hacking software. Hackers will break into other people's facebook accounts and then repost messages under your friend's name to make it seem legit! But in reality, it's not. If you see something suspicious, or a suspicious post by your friend, always alert him and tell him to change his password ASAP and remove the post! This is a big thing these days and is steadily growing, not on facebook, but everywhere.