FYI@Librarian: Google Study @ Phishing a Bigger Threat for Users Than Third-Party Data Breaches

Monday, November 13, 2017

Google Study @ Phishing a Bigger Threat for Users Than Third-Party Data Breaches

Phishing attacks via fake emails pose the greatest threat to people, followed by keyloggers and third-party breaches as account hacking increases globally, a new Google study has revealed.

Keystroke logging is a type of surveillance software that once installed on a system, has the capability to record every keystroke made on that system. The recording is saved in an encrypted log file.

According to Google, enterprising hijackers are constantly searching for, and are able to find, billions of different platforms' usernames and passwords on black markets.

There are some simple steps people can take that make these defences even stronger.

"Visit Google's Security Checkup to make sure you have recovery information associated with your account, like a phone number, and allow Chrome to automatically generate passwords for your accounts and save them via Smart Lock," Google cautioned.

Study available @ https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/46437.pdf

PR | Free Press | 13^th November 2017