16 Ways To Protect Face Book Accounts From Hackers

16 Ways To Protect Face Book Accounts From Hackers

 Most people have asked about that how to protect Facebook accounts from Hackers. Face book is the  most used Social 

Networking platform and its always on target for hackers. As you login to it every single day from many devices, be it from your mobile phone, computer, laptop and office workstation, there is a chance that you may leave your Face book account on without logging out. If your account gets accessed by strangers, it’s going to open up a large can of worms, so you should seriously try to prevent unwanted access to your account. But on the same side, Facebook’s internal security is good enough that 90% of hack attempts don’t succeed.

 Facebook itself continuously works on security and new techniques to protect Face book accounts from Hackers though  there are some scenarios which Facebook cannot protect Facebook accounts because these require user’s awareness in order to protect Facebook accounts.  Facebook cannot prevent your account from Social Engineering attacks, honey traps and freebie luring as all these things require user awareness. 

Today we will discuss all techniques or traps which hackers can use to hack your Facebook account passwords and how we can protect Facebook accounts against these traps.

There are many ways to prevent access to your account by the next person to use the device, the easiest of which is to log out. However if your smartphone or device gets stolen, it’s a whole different matter.


Here, I Have Compiled For You All You Need To Protect Your Facebook Account .

Use Strong Passwords.

If you use your name , your spouse, parents, siblings or dog, or your birthday, do not qualify. Use a mix of letters, digits and punctuation .Use both capital and lowercase letters. The longer your password, the better. The shorter your password, the easier it is to hack, especially if it’s a common word or name. A good starting point is six characters, though 8, 10 or 12 are even better.

If you have trouble remembering, do something about that, else consider using an unusual phrase or combo of words that only you or a few people might know, then substitute some of the letters with digits and/or punctuation. Humorous combinations might make it easier to remember, but otherwise write your password down in a SAFE place. 

Avoid Spam Links

Facebook is serious about spam and is always enhancing its features to make sure you are safe from being a victim to scams. The types of attacks include money scams through direct or indirect requests via Face book messages, chat etc, phishing links that will redirect you to fake websites, malicious links that could retrieve your personal information or even harm your computer.

There are also chances you may receive emails from ‘Facebook’ but it is actually from a phishing website, this modus operandi is part of a scam.

These are some of the ways you can avoid being a victim:

Never click on suspicious links whenever or wherever you find it, even if it came from your friends. If you receive a link, always take the extra step of asking your friend what the link is to confirm that they had sent it. Usually these links are ‘sent’ without the sender’s knowledge. This includes all links that appear in your Facebook Chat, Messages, and friend’s status post or even from your email.

 

 Never give out your username or password to anyone, including websites with suspicious links and layouts. Giving your passwords freely could jeopardize the security of your personal information on Facebook.

  Log in only at www.facebook.com and not from any other link or website, unless you are accessing via Facebook App.

 Update your browser to its latest version to ensure your browser’s security is up to date so it would detect and alert you with a warning when you are navigating to a suspected phishing site.

Confirm Your Mobile Number

Confirming your mobile number is one of many ways to enhance your account security on Facebook. This way, even when you lose or forget your password, Facebook will be able to send you a new one via SMS.

To add your mobile number, go to Account Settings > Mobile and click on Add a Phone.

Select your country and set the mobile carrier before clicking Next.

You will be given an instruction to send an SMS to the given number.

Follow the instructions to get a code via SMS, and then enter the code into the column. You also have the option to Share your number with friends on Facebook and allow friends to text me from Facebook. 

Select your preferences and click Next.

Your mobile phone is registered with Facebook, and when the need arises, this connection will be useful to reactivate your Facebook account.

Sign Out after use

Activate Code Generator and Login Approval Feature

Login Approval is the new security feature provided by the Facebook developers; it will need the security pin every time when you are trying to login to your FB account. For this setting,

Settings - Security -Login approval - Edit link -checkout box to activate login approval - save changes.

After this Facebook asks you to go for set up, you will receive OTP on your mobile no & generate a code. If you aren't able to get this option for your account; then please make sure Settings - Security - code 'generator' is NOT enabled.

Secondly you can also activate Code Generator, go to Setting - Security - Code Generator -click get started By this option, you will get login access codes through your mobile number either by text message or FB app.

To allow this open the 'Code Generator ' section, click the option “get codes” enter your FB password & click “submit.

Don’t ‘Keep Me Logged In’

The moment you want to login to your Facebook account, at the Log In page, there’s a small checkbox that says Keep me logged in. 

Make sure this box is unchecked. Then, log in as usual.

With this on, you will be asked for your email and password every time you launch Facebook. 

Activate Secure Browsing, Now

 Among other things, to make sure your browsing activity within Facebook is safe, you can turn on the secure browsing option. By doing this, you automatically limit all external applications that are integrated with Facebook from doing any harm or taking your personal information without your knowledge or approval.

·       To start securing your account, click on the drop down menu from the top right corner of your Facebook account and go to Account Settings.


·        Select Security from the left menu.

·       At the Secure Browsing section, click on the Edit link at the right.

·        The option panel will appear, ‘check’ the box Browse Facebook on a secure connection then click on the Save Changes button.

Follow Security Checkup

It’s always better to go for a security checkup. Click on the settings shortcut & select the privacy option. 

·       Who can see my stuff?

This option is used to control the exposed of all your posts; manage the audience for your all post. Try to make all your personal stuff visible to all your friends whom you trust. 

·       Who can contact me?

 If you all this to everyone, you are ready to get unwanted and unknown friends requests. And by unknowingly we used to accept, and they lead to get all your info used against your account hacking.

·       Who can look me up?

You can here make the following changes to tighten your Facebook account security.
Who can look you up using the email address you provided? >> Friends
Who can look you up using the phone number you provided? >> Friends Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your Profile? >> No

Change Your Password Regularly.

 By regularly I mean monthly or even weekly, not yearly. Facebook’s “Forgot password?” option is one way, or you can go to your account’s settings.

Update Privacy settings

There are some manageable security & privacy settings from which you can ensure the security of your Facebook. First of all set the Login Alerts. You can decide to get login alerts via Facebook notifications via text messages, email. Get a warning when anybody logs into your account from an unrecognized device or browser.

Go to Settings -Security - Login Alerts - edit & select the mode of getting notifications.

The next important option is choose trusted contact that can surely help you if ever have trouble accessing your FB account & never accept any friend request from unknown people.

Don’t Friend Everyone. 

That “hot chick” whom you don’t know and looks like some Hollywood starlet might be a guy. Avoid the person who doesn’t even have a profile pic, let alone any friends in common with you. If you haven’t met them, be cautious. Also, don’t friend friends whom you know to use weak passwords. If their account is compromised, hackers can still learn certain things about you from your profile, or could send you a message via the friend’s account to lure you to a malware site.

Activate Private Browsing

Another way to prevent another person from accessing your account is by activating the ‘Private Browsing’ option from your browsers. All browsers have this private browsing option, and by activating this option, your activity will not be logged into the browsing history.

Safari Browser

If you are using the Safari Browser on Mac, activate Private Browsing from the menu with Safari - Private Browing.

Firefox

For Firefox, go to Tools -Start Private Browsing.

Chrome

If you are using Chrome, there’s an option to browse using the Incognito window, it’s a version of Chrome window where all browsing activity will not be logged in. To open this window, go to File - New Incognito Window.

Dodge Phishing

Avoid spam links on your Facebook posting or clicking on others postings. There are many attacks occurred including money scams using through Facebook messages, chats, etc. These phishing attacks will redirect to the fake website with the use of malicious links that can steal your all personal information or even more damage your device. 

There is also a chance that you will see that email came from Facebook but actually it's come from phishing website. So for security reasons, never click the suspicious links. Never give your username & password to any website while responding to any email. Facebook or any social networking site never demands your password.

 

Note: For any Windows; always try to update your browsers to the latest version to ensure your browsers security.

Don’t Friend Everyone. 

That “hot chick” whom you don’t know and looks like some Hollywood starlet might be a guy. Avoid the person who doesn’t even have a profile pic, let alone any friends in common with you. If you haven’t met them, be cautious. 

Also, don’t friend friends whom you know to use weak passwords. If their account is compromised, hackers can still learn certain things about you from your profile, or could send you a message via the friend’s account to lure you to a malware site.

 

Don't Share The Password With Anyone.

Clear all history from the device. Always log out. Log out even from your own mobile in case it might get in someone's hand or even get stolen so there may be chances to get your personal information can be misplaced. 

 

Disable The Feature "Remember Password" On The Web Browser.

Type your password only on your own & trusted computers. Otherwise, usually, hackers use keystroke keyloggers which record everything you type even password too. 

Don’t Click On Links Willy-Nilly.

If you click on a status update that a “friend” posted on your wall and it looks fishy, don’t assume they actually did it. Their account could be compromised. If your clicking takes you to a Facebook application that you’re unsure of, there’s no obligation to click through. 

Now With All Above Options, You Will Definitely Able To Make Your Facebook Account Secure And Safe Than It Was.