How to prevent your Facebook Account from being hacked

Many people do not take their security serious until someone hacks their account and then they go searching everywhere for solutions which usually becomes too late

I didn't want to make this post because I felt people should know the simple tactics those idiots uses but just this morning, one of my very good friend got his account hacked again. The idiot scammers, quickly changed his password and the email address he used to register the account thereby making it impossible to get back

Well, you may say you don't care if they hack your account but if these guys get hold of your account, they will be able to access all your private messages and information, download your photos, chat your friends and ask whatsoever information they want from them and even scam some in your NAME in the process, your information can be used to blackmail you now or in the future so you have to be careful so as not to get hacked

Facebook on its own is secured to prevent strong hacking methods like brute force attacks or decryption of their NAT firewall. (ahaa, there coding abilities never reach that one)

The simple method these guys uses is called PHISHING. (you can search google for more info)

Phishing is a method of creating look-at-like web page. More like a website clone having different web address or url, in this case Facebook

What they do is they send you a link and when you click on it, you will see a page looking exactly like your normal Facebook. You will be asked to login first with your Facebook user ID and password before you can access the content you are looking for and once you do that, those details will be sent to the hackers database, then he can just quickly copy them, log into your account and change your password and other stuffs. Very easy

How do you prevent them?
1. Don't click on any link sent to your DM asking you to vote somebody, watch or download a song
2. They will send pornographic link sometimes, don't fall for it. If you want to watch porn, don't use Facebook messenger
3. Sometimes, they send links on group chat and comments when someone is asking a question. The link may be a form of answer to the question being asked but actually it's a phishing link. just be careful not to enter any login details in any link sent to you
4. When you receive a new friend request, make sure you do background check of the person before accepting. Don't just accept anyhow person because he/she is cute
5. Don't accept friend request which has no mutual friends

If you must click on any link because you trust it, don't EVER submit your Facebook login details to another site while you are already logged in on Facebook

Attached is an example of a phishing link sent to me by one useless hacker like that and when I discovered and told him to his face, he blocked me straight

Stay safe! Don't get hacked

-Phil

Source: https://www.imranservices.com.ng/

lalasticlala, Mynd44

Ok

Information well noted.

I had to undo a hack on a friend's account last year through this link thingy.The best way to secure it,is by listing 3rd party FB contacts(close family and friends) that would contacted in case your locked out.Most Nigerian fb hackers aren't smart enough to know such option exists.