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3- Password security

Hackers can get your password through:
1- Phishing scam 2- Smishing

Phishing scam: is sending a message via email or social media that looks real but
is not, it also contains It contains spelling and grammar errors and

Examples:

• You received a message that you won a prize, but you have to give your
bank account details to get the prize.
• When an attachment, or file, is opened, data-stealing software is installed
on the person’s computer.

Smishing: like phishing but a text message

instead of an email.
To identify these messages, it may include:
1- Misspelled words.
2- Grammar errors.
3- Requests for too much
personal data.

Two ways to protect from hackers:
1-Use a password manager to:
1- Create a strong and unique password, and tell you if
the password you already have is too weak.
2- Tell you if you’ve reused the password.

3- Tell you if one of your passwords has been stolen
online.
2- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): means that you
have to provide at least two ways of identifying yourself.
It combines:
1. Your password or PIN (personal identification

number).
2. An email or a one-time code.

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