Category Archives: Cyber Security

A Simple Check To See Whether Your Whatsapp Has Been Hacked?

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Which is the most commonly used messaging app in this 21st century, there will be only one answer, Whatsapp!

Whatsapp is as a matter of fact one of the most secure messaging apps. With it’s end to end encryption which ensures only the sender and receiver can decrypt and read the message. As every secure service does, the most vulnerable part of whatsapp is the end user (you), yes you are the most vulnerable security flaw in whatsapp. Since whatsapp was acquired by the tech giant facebook, it has little or no Security flaws.

The so called “hack” we’re gonna talk about today is actually a feature of whatsapp that is often misused. Whatsapp Web, It is a feature of whatsapp that allows users to open a copy of your whatsapp on your PC for convenience. Most people don’t know that such a feature exist, that’s the risk factor. People can create a copy of your whatsapp without your knowledge if they get your hands on your phone.

Whatsapp Web

Whatsapp is also aware of this misuse going on, so that’s why whatsapp doesn’t allow you to visit Whatsapp Web through your phone even if you enable Desktop Site. But there are applications available on the Playstore that allows the same. The “hack” works when the hacker gets the victim’s phone for even a minute, the hacker opens the victim’s whatsapp and select whatsapp web from the options, and he uses the application on his mobile device to open Whatsapp Web and scan the Qr code on his phone with the Victim’s phone. Now he has the copy of the victim’s whatsapp. If you don’t have the proper knowledge, you won’t even know that this hack is/was going on.

No more waiting, we’ll show you how you can stay aware of this sort of hacks and what to do if you think you have been hacked.

First thing you have to know is, whatsapp show’s a constant notification if your Web whatsapp is active, that’s one way we can find out, the other is to open whatsapp and select the options on the top right corner (the 3 vertical dots) and select Whatsapp web, if your camera pops up to scan a Qr code, you’re safe nobody is accessing your whatsapp web.

Instead of the scanner if you get a prompt like this shown below, someone is accessing your whatsapp (maybe it could be you who opened whatsapp web sometime and forgot to log out).

If you don’t remember you using whatsapp web it could probably be someone else, click log out from all devices immediately.

You have to stay aware of what’s going on your phone to prevent falling for this sort of hacks…

Ways Hackers Can Hack Your Facebook/Instagram Account

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Without a doubt, Facebook is a monster when it comes to active audience, with more than 1.71 billion people logging onto The Social Network every month, making it easily the most widely used social networking site in the world. But along with that success and popularity comes the inevitable attention from hackers. Thousands of Facebook accounts get hacked every day, hacks that, in some cases, cause the user a whole range of problems given the amount of personal data that can be accessed and used against them.

Don’t become another victim to Facebook hacking. It’s vital you take action now, because if you don’t, you might well be next.

We’ll Show you the Top 10 methods hackers use to hack your Facebook account.

#1 Phishing

Phishing is the most common type of attack used for hacking Facebook accounts.There are different strategies for carrying out a phishing attack.

A basic phishing attack works like this. A hacker makes a fake Facebook login page which precisely resembles the genuine page. 

While looking out for the green lock on websites (https) is a good practice, in this modern times it can’t guarantee that the page is authentic.

A phishing page

#2 Keylogging

A keylogger is either a physical device or a software that records all your keystrokes and is sent to the hacker. Keylogging can be so dangerous that even a person with good knowledge of computers can fall for it. 

By Knowing these methods of hacking you can keep your account secure from some of these attacks.

You can reduce the risk of your account being hacked by enabling 2-Step Verification on both Facebook and Instagram