Every day, there is a victim of cyber crime. It could be the older person that doesn't realize they are being hacked or scammed out of their money. It could be a commercial organization experiencing theft of money and millions of peoples' identity information.
Money. The thrill of the hacking and invading someone e'se's privacy. Bragging rights to their friends. Revenge. Many hacks are done automatically by computer programs these days, and AI is becoming more mainstream for anyone to use, automating the process even more.
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Manipulating others to achieve a desired goal. It could be in the form of imposters on social media (maybe a friend go their account hacked?). It could be that weird text saying you need to call a number or click a link.
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- Use a unique password for every site & service.
- Long and complex passwords (uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters).
- No words commonly associated with you (birthday, hobbies, previous addresses, etc.).
- Use a password manager and/or hardware authentication.
- Change all default usernames and passwords (router, etc)
- Store all files on a USB instead of the computer / phone.
- Use a good antivirus and firewall
- Uninstall everything you don't need or use.
- Keep WiFi and Bluetooth off unless you are using it.
- Back up files regularly.
- Never click on links if you can avoid it, unless you are sure the source is legit.
- Never join a public WiFi without a VPN.
- Use a good VPN if possible.
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- Disable PnP
- Use a firewall
- Use a strong password and custom account name.
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