According research of Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, one in five Internet users believe that their login information is of no value to hackers, or better yet, to digital criminals. However, the login details are "keys" to the personal ones data, privacy, or even for users' money, while in case of interception, not only individual users, but also their contacts may be affected.
For example, a "compromised" email account can give fraudsters access to every account the user has connected to it, thanks to the messages it receives notifying of successful registrations or responses to password recovery requests. In turn, a compromised web accountσελίδα social networking makes it possible to spread spam ads and malicious links. The password for an online store account gives digital criminals (hackers) the opportunity to collect financial data and spend other people's money. However, only half (52%) respondents reported the connection data between the valuable information they would not like to see in the hands of digital criminals, while 21% of respondents did not see any inherent value in their code for criminals .
Research shows that users often follow the easy way to create and store their login information. Only 26% of users create a separate password for each account, and only 6% of respondents use special code storage software. However, 18% of respondents write their logon details to a notebook, 11% stores them in a file on their device, and 10% leaves them on a sticker near the computer. At the same time, 17% of users freely share personal login information with family members and friends.
Ταυτόχρονα, τα στατιστικά στοιχεία δείχνουν ότι η υποκλοπή των στοιχείων σύνδεσης αποτελεί ένα σύνηθες φαινόμενο. Το 2014, σύμφωνα με στοιχεία του Kaspersky Security Network, τα productτα της Kaspersky Lab προστάτευσαν 3.500.000 ανθρώπους από κακόβουλες επιθέσεις hackers, οι οποίες μπορούσαν να υποκλέψουν ονόματα χρηστών και στοιχεία σύνδεσης για λογαριασμούς διαφόρων τύπων. Το 14% των ερωτηθέντων από 23 χώρες ανέφερε επίσης ότι οι λογαριασμοί του είχαν παραβιαστεί κατά τη διάρκεια του έτους.
«Even if someone is not a celebrity or a billionaire, hackers can take advantage of the connection details of any"Said Peter Aleshkin, Consumer Marketing Group Manager for Emerging Markets of Kaspersky Lab. "The password is like the keys to the house. No one would leave the door of his house open or his keys somewhere anyone could find, just because he can think he does not have a high value item. The use of complex passwords, which will be unique to each account and carefully stored in a safe place, can save users from many problems, "he added.
To protect your accounts from unauthorized access, users should:
- Create a unique password for each account: if one of them is stolen, the rest will remain secure.
- Create a complex password that will not be easy to compromise even with the use of special programs. This means that it should consist of at least 8 characters, capitals and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks, but not pet names or birthdates!
- Do not give their passwords to anyone, not even friends, as digital criminals can smash codes from their devices.
- Store their passwords in a safe place. Also, they should not write them on paper. It is a good idea to either memorize them or use a special program to store passwords from a trusted vendor, such as Kaspersky Password Manager, which is built into Kaspersky Total Security - Multi-Device.
Kaspersky Password Manager not only saves secure passwords securely but also automatically inserts the user's passwords into the web pages without the user having to remember many complex passwords. Creating strong passwords is another feature of Kaspersky Password Manager for Windows.
