Change your passwords twice a year and never reuse them. With most Internet users now worry of spam messages, fraudsters have increasingly focused on popular Web services such as Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo, and Hotmail. They break into accounts and then send their messages to the victim's contacts, hoping that the spam will be more effective because it comes from a friend.
The spam can include links to fraudulent Pharamaceuticals Web Sites, phoney phishing pages, or pleas for money.
Victims usually don't know how their accounts were compromised, but according to Google there are several ways this can happen. User Name and Passwords are often stolen in phishing attacks, or via malicious software that records them as they are typed into the computer. Sometimes the criminals hack into Web sites that are linked to Google accounts. If that site is hacked and your sign-in information is discovered, the hijacker has easy access to your Google Account.
The spam can include links to fraudulent Pharamaceuticals Web Sites, phoney phishing pages, or pleas for money.
Victims usually don't know how their accounts were compromised, but according to Google there are several ways this can happen. User Name and Passwords are often stolen in phishing attacks, or via malicious software that records them as they are typed into the computer. Sometimes the criminals hack into Web sites that are linked to Google accounts. If that site is hacked and your sign-in information is discovered, the hijacker has easy access to your Google Account.
And sometimes the bad guys simply guess right. "You use a password that's easy to guess, like your first or last name plus your birth date or you provide an answer to a secret question that's common and therefore easy to guess, like 'pizza' for 'What is your favorite food?'
Keeping your password changed, and using one that's hard to guess, can help you to keep your account secured
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