some security tips for people with less awareness on Internet.
- user name and password:
yes this is the the first and basic step to be secure in Internet.A strong password is password that includes characters,symbols,numbers,uppercase and lowercase letters @, #, $, %, etc. if allowed. Passwords are typically case-sensitive, so a strong password contains letters in both uppercase and lowercase combination
strong password should not contain a name or a phone number alone like ABC,000201 .password must be remember able and should contains the u case ,l case ,and combination of number,character and symbol
like @abc@ABC100
- https vs http:
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the non secure way to access any account online ,as it is port 80 and not secure ,the content can be easily traced in simple text .http is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. web pages are designed in this language .now it is being updated . http is not encrypting the text written on password field so is not secure
https Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) is working on port 443 ie secure and encrypted .the text written on password and login field is not traceble as encrypted .
https is having a symbol of a lock ie is locked and is showing the website is secure and safe while http it is not present.https is protected by ssl method that providing the certificate of safety .https is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. TLS is an authentication and security protocol widely implemented in browsers and Web servers .https is mostly used for authentication by most of the websites as being secured and encrypted.
- two factor authentication:
Two Factor Authentication, also known as 2FA, two step verification or TFA (as an acronym), is the best way to secure your account and websites online as you can have a stronger password,even you can have websites acess on https but making two factor login will secure it with extra benefit by an extra layer of security that is known as "multi factor authentication" that requires not only a password and username but also something that is sent like amessage or a pin to your connected mobile number or any pin that is required to login .google is helping to understand two way authentication and have mandatory done to add a mobile number to have a account.
once you enter the login id and password there will be a popup asking for the verification message and only after adding it ,you can access account
- update passwords on regular intervals :
yes we have to regularly updates our mails and login credentials as if we use a same password regularly or may have used one password remembered ,will become a security lack as ever we have used to login from any public place like free wifi ,and if some one have done our social engineering and by any process he/she may have got our password ,will make access to our mails and other login ids and will make a big threat to us ,even may get banking details and we may have to suffer to a moneatory loss also.
- public wifi not secure :-
yes its true and proven by security experts and agencies that most of the hackings ,crimes ,frauds, money scams,and other internet crimes are done using public wifi.public wifi is less secure as numbers of unknown devices are connected to the single network at a time like free wifi at railways,free wifi at public gardens etc ,as a result many connections are under one network and in between that connections any criminal minded person may even access the internet and may do some actions and runs some scripts to get credentials of other connected devices .public wifi like any cyber cafe may be used to make emails and other frauds as its difficult to find the criminal from many connections and are in numbers so may become easy for culprits.
to stay safe from these actions ,if you are using any public internet like free wifi,free internet or any open wifi hotspot,you should not have to do any banking process like netbanking,debti/credit card purchasing ,loging to any important account as some of the websites are even not having paddle lock ie https for login as a result the credentials will be seen in clear text .never share any important mails and login details on public wifi or free internet
reports can be seen from kaspersky labs .more on this topic can be readed on the website .
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