Tips for not ending up Naked on the Internet!

Last Month the internet was on fire due to the leaking of several Hollywood celebrities’ nude photos publicly!

So, Bitdefender software firm’s chief security strategist Catalin Cosoi has given us some tips to minimize such risks.


1. Avoid storing pictures on a device

Last year, a total of 290,651 devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets were reported stolen In the UK. Smartphone theft is so common that, in the US, all devices will be pre-equipped with anti-theft capabilities by next year.

2. Keep secure backups
Keep backups on Hard Disk Drives or other less portable devices. This will securely store your confidential and sensitive documents. Make sure that the hard drive is kept well away from an internet connection.

3. Encrypt
Making your data undecipherable to hackers is a strong defence. Latest generation Android devices have an embedded full-device encryption feature that can encrypt all data, even media.

4. Protect your accounts
Especially protect your online storage accounts with strong, complex passwords. Use symbols, numbers and capital letters or even strange phrases. Also enable the two-way authentication if available.

5. Don’t email your private photos
Email accounts, especially those without two-factor authentication enabled, are easy targets for hackers looking to steal your personal details and intimate photos.

6. Format & Overwrite your memory devices
When you sell or lend your phone, be sure to "format and overwrite" the internal data with a secure erase tool to make sure that nothing remains.
7. Cover up your hotspots
Don’t share confidential information on open Wi-Fi hotspots, Hackers can monitor your traffic and grab your banking credentials and compromising pictures without your knowledge.

8. Disable auto-uploads
Disabling auto-uploads for cloud storage solutions such as iCloud and Dropbox will help. These services, as useful as they may seem, create cloud-based versions of your images and if these services get hacked..you know what happens next..The Fappening! LoL

Source : HotforSecurity