Precautions ....!!!That helps you to protect ur passwords being hacked....!

WEBSITE SPOOFING

Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, with the intention of misleading the readers. The website will be created by a different person or organisation (Other than the original) especially for the purposes of
cheating. Normally, the website will adopt the design of the target website and
sometimes has a similar URL.

For example a Spoofed Website of Yahoo.com appears exactly same as Yahoo Website. So most of the people believe that it is the original site and lose their passwords. The main intention of spoofed
websites is to fool users and take away their passwords. For this,the spoofed
sites offer fake login pages. These fake login pages
resemble the original login pages of sites like Yahoo,Gmail,Orkut etc. Since it
resemble’s the original login page people beleive that it is true and give away
their username and passwords by trying to login to their
accounts.

Solution:

• Never try to login/access your email account from the sites other than the original site.
• Always type the URL of the site in the address bar to get into the site. Never click on the hyperlink to enter the site.

2. BY USING KEYLOGGERS

The other commonly used method to steal password is by using a Keylogger. A Keylogger is nothing but a spyware. The detailed description of keylogger . If you just access your email account from a computer installed with keylogger,
you definitely lose your password. This is because the keylogger records each
and every keystroke that you type.

Solution:

Protecting yourselves from a keylogger scam is very easy.Just install a good anti-spyware program and update it regularly. This keeps your PC secure from a keylogger. Also there is a program called Anti-keylogger
which is specially designed to detect and remove keyloggers. You can use this
program to detect some stealth keyloggers which remain undetected by many
anti-spyware programs.

3. ACCESSING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT FROM CYBER CAFES

Do you access your email from cyber cafes?  Then definitely you are under the risk of loosing your password.In fact many people lose their email account in cyber cafes. For the owner of the cyber cafe it’s just a cakewalk to
steal your password. For this he just need’s to install a keylogger on his
computers. So when you login to your email account from this PC, you give away
your password to the cafe owner. Also there are many Remote Administration
Tools (RATs) which can be used to monitor your browsing activities in real
time.

This doesn’t mean that you should never use cyber cafes for browsing the internet. Not all the cyber cafe owners will be so wicked but it is recommended not to use cafes for accessing confidential information. If it
comes to the matter of security never trust anyone, not even your friend

   

Benefits of Using BCC While Sending an Email

What is BCC?

BCC stands Blind Carbon Copy. It refers to the practice of sending an email to multiple recipients without disclosing the individual emails addresses. While sending the same email/message
to multiple recipients, it is a common practice for most users to
separate the email addresses by using comma or semi-colon and insert
all those addresses in the To: filed. When emails are
sent in this way, each receiver is able to see the complete list of
recipient email addresses to which the same message if being sent to.
Unlike To:, the BCC: option allows you to hide the recipients in email messages. In other words, when emails are sent using BCC:,  the receiver will not be able to see the list of recipient email addresses. Thus using BCC is a smart way to protect the privacy of the recipients.

Why should you Use BCC?

Here are the reasons for using BCC:

Privacy – BCC provides an easy and simple option for protecting the privacy of your recipients. Under many circumstances it is necessary for us send an email without letting the recipients
know who else is receiving the same message. Also it is highly
recommended that you use the BCC: while forwarding a
joke or a funny email to a list of your friends.  If you are sending
email on behalf of a business or organization, it may be especially
important to keep lists of clients, members, or associates
confidential. So don’t forget to use BCC: in instances wherever privacy matters.

Respect for you recipients- While forwarding email messages, people often do not bother to remove the list of previous recipients.  As a result, messages that are repeatedly sent to many
recipients may contain long lists of email addresses.  This makes it
easy for the spammers to collect and target those emails for spamming.

In order to avoid the risk of spammers, it is necessary that you encourage people/friends to use BCC: while forwarding any message to you. This prevents your email address from appearing in other people’s inboxes thereby keeping yourself less
exposed to spammers. You may also refer How to Protect an Email Account
from SPAM for more information on spamming.

How to BCC an email message?

Most email clients provide the BCC: option under a few lines below the To: field. All you have to do is just enter the list of recipients in the BCC: field instead of entering in the To:To: field. You may enter only your own email address in the field. Once you do this just hit the Send button.

  

The moral is that you should use BCC: while sending bulk messages so as to protect the privacy of your recipients.