Hackers stare at social networking sites six tricks to teach you to do security

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Recently, the web2.0 website has again become the target of hackers, and this time is being targeted at the rapid rise of social networking sites in the past two years. Facebook and Twitter, the US social networking site, have all been attacked by DDoS (distributed denial of service), where attackers have been unable to tolerate too many requests and have been paralysed by an attacker who sends access requests to a particular Web site via a large number of controlled network computers.

With the gradual popularity of SNS websites around the world, it naturally attracts the attention of hackers, and the privacy information of many users on social networking sites is also the target of the interests behind the hackers. High popularity has brought the user traffic, but also caused a series of security risks, how to do a good job of security protection, to avoid the leakage of user information, SNS Network is an urgent need to solve the problem.

Because social networking sites emphasize the user's interactivity, coupled with the recent popular SNS game heat, SNS users of the possibility of transmission of viruses between the trojan is greatly increased, especially in the following ways mainly:

1. Friends are infected with each other. On SNS network people usually put pictures, log, video or interested in the news to share to friends, intended to enhance communication and interaction, which may be used by hackers, in which malicious code or malicious site to add the link address, as well as the Trojan program, such as hidden in the popular video, pictures, users as long as a click on the Recruit.

2. The account was stolen directly. Because SNS website usually asks the user to fill in including the name, the age, the interest, the MSN, the mobile phone number and so on personal privacy, but this kind of information has the very big commercial value, is driven by the interest, many hackers attempts to attack the website server, steals the user information.

3.SNS Web site using AJAX technology, easy to produce XSS cross-site scripting attacks, as well as the use of CSRF computer poisoning, stealing network silver password.

After Facebook and Twitter abroad, domestic social networking sites have also suffered a security crisis. A few days ago, 360 Security Center released a message, 51 of a user due to share a "hanging horse" page, causing users to face the threat of Trojan horse. As SNS Web site security issues are constantly being put on the surface, more and more social networks began to pay attention to the site's preventive measures. Youkia.com, a well-known gaming community network, said that now the Youkia community has begun to include data encryption, storage, user authentication and other aspects of strengthening protection, to do their utmost to ensure the security of user information.

In addition to Web site operators on the site structure and other aspects of security testing, the user's own habits of use must be further improved to completely solve the security crisis, in this regard, experts recommend:

1. Install anti-virus software, the use of high Security browser, timely update system patches, software vulnerabilities, timed to carry out virus Trojan detection.

2. Do not easily add strangers as friends. Because friends share personal information, and can send a variety of requests to each other e-mail, so, to those strangers friend request, should be careful guard against.

3. Set the security level of personal data to the highest. The user's privacy information is the hacker attempts to steal the important information, if is open to all, then the attendant must be all sorts of spam advertisement mail and even virus trojan, therefore, the information only is necessary for the friend or the designated person opening.

4. Do not randomly click on the URL link. The links that others send you may be unsafe, and you should be cautious when clicking.

5. Do not fill in too detailed information. Now most SNS website encourages the user real name system or uses the integral reward to entice the user to fill in the detailed information, then needs to evaluate to the social network, if feels is not very safe, the proposal does not suggest fills in.

6. You need to be careful when installing Third-party plug-ins. Now SNS Online is full of a variety of games, applications and so on, and such programs are often hackers embedded trojan, malicious code high-risk areas, users need to be installed in a timely manner to scan the program.

Despite the dangers of social networking sites, but as long as users respect the above habits, protect the computer network security, as well as the SNS Web surfing game, rest assured enjoy the fun of the network.