THE YEAR OF SCAREWARE

The pentagon receives over six
million hacking and security 
threats a day.
Reported on PBS Special


Scareware is rising at an 
"unprecedented rate".More
than 4,85,000 strains of 
scareware are active right
now.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group


90% of all email is spam,
with an additional 1.11%
containing actual malware.
Panda Security


There are some straight-
forward things the industry 
should be doing right now
to fix things(security hole),
and I don't know why they
haven't been done yet.
Tim Berners-Lee-World Wide Web Founder


THE STATEMENTS on the top aren't random-nor the conspiracy theories at their best.This is the state of the Internet.Hack attacks break sophistications has reached extraordinary levels,scareware is all over and cybercrime is now a serious career.And that leaves you very vulnerable.Not because you do weired and risky things.Not at all.it leaves you vulnerable because of your daily journey online.Today we'll take a journey too.Our destination-the world's most dangerous places.Fortunately,this is a trip that may also be one of  awareness and control.You may come out of this particular journey safer and more aware.                           

PASSWORDS-
your online life runs on passwords.email,facebook,twitter,online banking,credit card ,e-shopping accounts- all of these and more require a login.And most of us have ridiculous easy passwords.The human mind is programmed to use passwords that make sense to us,that take from our daily lives.Thus names,,birthdays and dates are what we make into a password.Easy to remember,easy to type in and also very easy to hack into.Start by having a master password that protects all your other passwords.It is said that the toughest password is a full sentence  without a space that has one extra number and one extra symbol.Thus," ithinknobody$canbreak9this " is a much better password than " taranng ".

MULTIPLE ONLINE SHENANIGANS-
this section deals with just normal stuff you do all day,every day and why complaceny her could be fatal.this segment here could take a whole book,but let's try and do it as quick primer.

SHORTWAY TO HELL:  don't click on shortened links on twitter,facebook or emails-they could take you direct to malicious websites.Instead,use apps that give you a preview,like tweetdeck and tiny URL.


INBOX TIME BOMB:  The sophistication of phishing and malicious emails has reached epidemic proportions.it's almost impossible to distinguish between them and real ones from a company that you trust.go directly to the website you deal with,don't click links from within your email and don't trust anything that lands in your inbox.


TORRENT TERROR:  Your free movie or top 100 songs could also end up as a download of the best of spyware and viruses.Torrent sites are now known as the most dangerous of them all as there is no vetting of content whatsoever.If you can't give up on free downloads,then use torrents on second computer of f your network,keep all downloads in one folder,don't auto launch them,avoid compressed files and use a super-duper antivirus on each before you open them.