10 tips to help you avoid hacker trap

Using computers is familiar in a modern and vibrant city like Hongkong. This is evidenced by the data that the Statistics Office of Hong Kong recently announced as 76% of households with computers and 73.3% of those computers connected to the Internet.

Almost absolute (98.8%) business activities use email as the most popular means of exchange.

It can be said that the Hong Kong people are attached to the computer every day, from monitoring the stock market, discussing with partners to work with colleagues at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 2009, the number of Internet-related crimes increased dramatically.

As of November last year, Hong Kong security forces have received declarations of 1,378 cases, almost double that of 791 in 2008. In 2007, the number of such crimes was only 678.

Besides the main culprit is hackers, a cause of many cases is that victims lack serious warnings, there are no adequate security measures for important personal information.

Just a click away on phishing sites, you can submit to the hacker what they need as an email password or worse, sensitive information such as bank account numbers, credit cards .

These fraudulent activities are becoming more and more sophisticated. If classic trick emails like ' Congratulations, you win the jackpot ' or a million dollar inheritance from . heavenly falls today are no longer easy to deceive, the fake sites are still easy to bypass. many users.

Last year, Hong Kong police had several times to warn about fake websites that had the same interface as the websites of big banks. Declaring information on it means you have caught a trap.

The expansion of social networks like Facebook or direct messaging has created a fertile ground for cybercriminals to grow, putting Internet users at risk at any time.

Hong Kong's security and technology circles offer 10 tips for you to be safer with the Internet:

1. Install a strong firewall on your computer.
2. Carefully review the URLs before clicking on a link.
3. Never reply to ' spam '.
4. Never open email attachments unless you know the source.
5. For Windows users, it is necessary to activate Windows Update to be updated regularly.

6. Don't reply to ' chain ' emails.
7. Continuously change the password.
8. Set difficult-to-guess passwords like a combination of letters and numbers.
9. Avoid opening, accessing sensitive personal information or financial information (bank accounts, credit cards .) outside the coffee cafe.
10. Always exit emails and social networks after using.