We all use to surf on the internet. But some of us sometimes get scammed on the internet. There private information gets leaked. So you need to be well aware about searching safely on the internet because safety should be our first priority while surfing on the internet.

When you are not safe on the internet?

There are a lot of conditions in which you are not on the internet some of them are as follows.

~When you surf sites which had not get the SSL Certificate.

What is SSL Certificate?

Ans:- SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization’s details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser.

~When you trust on all links.

We all get lot of links on the whatsapp, facebook, twitter, telegram, etc. And some of us open all the links which we get. But sometimes it make easy to hacker to hack your phone.

How Hacker Will Hack?

Hacker will just insert a backdoor inside the link. And when you tap on that particular link. It will install small software of very small Kb(s). And that software will steal all the information and send it to hacker. 

~When you upload everything on Social Media

Well…. This is becoming trend in everyone to upload everything on social media. Like uploading current location etc. But it is very dangerous. It make bad person to get track about you.

So these were the certain condition in which you are not safe on the internet.

How to know that your device is infected with the virus?

There are a lot of signs by which you can get to know that your device is affected by the virus.

Some of them are as follows:-

1.   Your device will be started to hang.

2.   You will see many of the files which are not downloaded by you.

3.   You may get some spam mails rapidly.

4.   Your device performance will be degraded by day-to-day.

5.   Battery will get discharge rapidly.

Is antivirus software is the only solution to be safe on the internet?

Sometimes people think that if they are using antivirus than they are safe to surf internet. It’s somewhat correct. But antivirus is not only solution to be safe on the internet.

They are a lot of people who have antivirus but still they get hacked by the hackers.

So, it means that antivirus soft wares can partially save you but not totally.

Most common ways by which your device get infected with virus.

~Spamming

Spamming means you will get a bulk of fake call or message. For example:- The message will state that you had won a lottery and when you will give your bank details. They will just withdraw all your money from the bank.

 ~Phishing Attack

This is the most common way which hacker uses to hack your email and password while you are searching on the internet. Learn More about phishing

How to be safe from phishing?

There are many ways by which you can be safe from the phishing attack. The best ways are as follows.

Just use two-step-verification

This two-step-verification will help you a lot from being safe from phishing. Because when hacker will enter your username and password. You will get an OTP (One Time Password). And the correct OTP can only open your ID.

How to search safely?

As we had got a lot about how you are not safe on the internet while searching.

So let’s see what are the following ways by which you are safe on the internet.

1.   By Checking all the Links.

You should check all the links weather it is good or not. Weather the site has SSL Certificate or not. If it is trusted than only you should open otherwise you should not open it.

2.   You should take an immediate action.

As we see above that how to know that virus has entered in your system. When you get the signs of virus. You should immediately take an action on it.

·   You should remove all the files which are taking space.

·   If you see unsudden files which you have not downloaded, than uninstall those files.

·   Don’t reply to any type of spam mails.

·   These are the three top ways to take immediate action.

3.   Don’t upload everything on the social media.

This is the way by which you can be safe a lot.

4.    Try to use VPN

VPN is the best way by which you can search safely. But some VPS(s) are free and some of are paid. Sometimes free VPN(s) leaks your data. Well… You may ask... What is VPN? So

What is VPN?

       VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. VPN act as a mediator between you and the server. This VPN generally hide your location, IP address and other things. VPN does not allow cookies to be store in the servers.

1.   Try to login with different passwords.

 

      You all may search a lot of sites and in many of those sites you had also logged in so try to use different passwords. Show that Hackers could not easily hack your password.

      How hackers hack your passwords?

      There are a lot of ways which hackers use to hack your password some of them we had already discussed.

       But there is one more method by which hackers hack your password which is called as “guessing” . Hackers can easily guess your password and can hack your ID. Hackers also use rainbow table hacking which we further discuss.

       So, to be safe from this guessing attack you should make your password strong.

       Rainbow Table

     This table is mainly used by hackers. This table shows the most used password to most typical password and their Hash code.

Note:- Hash is type of number system. Decimal number system can be converted into hash but hash cannot be converted into decimal number system.]

So, to understand this concept you should understand how the password is encrypted.  To understand this we will take example of facebook. 

       How Password is Encrypted? 

        Password is encrypted by the companies. And companies also don’t know your password. When you enter your password it gets converted in hash code and store on the server of the companions. And the hash cannot reconvert into decimal.

       So, these were the safety tips which you can use while searching on the internet