Tips from a security expert at Google on how to keep yourself safe online.
It used to be that a pop-up
ad was your biggest threat online. These days, hackers have all kinds of tricks
to steal our personal information. Worse yet, sometimes we just hand it over to
them without even knowing.
Here are some tips on how
to protect yourself from the folks at Google who see this stuff every day,
including the No. 1 place you never want to use a computer because it can
put you at serious risk.
We spoke with Parisa Tabriz, Google’s “Security Princess.”
She is in charge of security for Google’s Chrome browser.
Here are some of her top
tips:
1 – Watch for malicious
downloads disguised as software updates
“Attackers know people are
looking for security updates they should install – or something that they need
to watch a video and they’ll mask bad software as those things you think you
need,” said Tabriz.
2 – Don’t reuse the
same password on various sites
“If you use the same
password on multiple different sites it really puts you at greater risk –
attackers know this so they’ll go after the weakest site, try to break the
password and try to use it on more sensitive accounts,” Tabriz explains.
3 – When it comes to public
computers – steer clear.
“You should just assume
these public computers have malware on them. [Hackers] put keyloggers on them
where they sniff every keystroke, or malware – and you shouldn’t trust those
computers or use them at all.”
Tabriz says hotel lobby
computers are the absolute worst and to avoid them at all costs.
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