WHAT IS EMAIL BOMBARDMENT?

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An email bombing is an attack on your inbox that involves sending massive amounts of messages to it. Sometimes these messages are incomprehensible. But more often, they will be confirmation emails for newsletters and subscriptions. Thus, in the latter case, the attacker uses a script to search for forums and newsletters on the internet. Then they sign up for an account with your email address. Each will send you a confirmation email, asking you to confirm your address. Also, this process is repeated on as many unprotected sites as the script can find. The term Email Bombing or Email Bombing; it can also refer to flooding an email server with too many emails. In an attempt to overwhelm the server and disable it. But that's not the goal here; it would be a challenge to cut down on the modern email accounts used. Meanwhile, Google or Microsoft email servers, anyway. So instead of a denial of service (DOS) attack; against the email servers you are using. Also, the flood of messages...
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PROTECT DATA FROM HACKERS

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Cybercrime translates into crimes committed through computers over the internet. They consist mainly of the illegal use of computer equipment to promote practices such as child pornography or the theft of personal information, one of the problems that most worries most users of 'the cloud'.

The ultimate goal of cybercriminals is often to appropriate without prior consent access to information and data from others: they are often owned by people, companies or governments. These attacks are usually carried out over the internet. 

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Cybercrime is, therefore, one of the evils that lurks in the technological age. It is, therefore, avoidable if you take some precautions when browsing the Internet and keeping your device safe with good antivirus software.

Those who try to steal personal documents, and even state documents, are looking for a way to create computer programs or viruses that allow them to steal the keys or passwords of users and thus get something in return: whether they are privileged information or financial gain.

 

Last month, some cybersecurity companies issued an alert warning that hackers break into private accounts and steal all kinds of personal data.

One of the most important points to keep in mind to avoid so-called cyber-attacks is to use strong passwords. It is a point to take into account since if someone manages to hack, for example, your email, they can have access to information on websites where you have a user account and even make purchases in your name paid for by you.

Rules to choose to protect your data in an ideal way

Ø Do not save unencrypted passwords on the computer's hard drive, or leave them written in places that can be seen by other people.

Ø Try not to enter them in public computers such as those in an internet café or a hotel.

Ø Passwords must never be sent by email, much less respond to an email from the person requesting them.

Ø The security question that allows you to recover or change the password must be answered with a piece of information that only you know, since with the arrival and expansion of the use of social networks, cybercriminals can know a lot of our information almost without realizing it.

Ø Changing your password frequently is a factor that can make your password more secure. Therefore, it is recommended not to keep it for more than thirty days.

Ø It is recommended that the password is not made up of words that appear as is in the dictionary and therefore, the more complex and unknown they are, the better. 

Ø For each website you have to choose a different password, in such a way that if, unfortunately, someone accesses one of our passwords, they will not be able to have all our information.

Ø Have a good quality antivirus that can keep your device protected from all types of unwanted hacking and spying.

 

Protection against spoofing attacks

It is important that you protect yourself against spoofing attacks. It must be borne in mind that impostors usually send e-mails in which they pose as banks that ask you to indicate your access data.

- These data must not be provided, either by phone or email. Banks will never request this information and if they have to, they will do so in person.

- Before entering any confidential data on the Internet, it must be verified that the address is secure.

- The web, in addition, must have a valid certificate, to do this, click on the symbol that is before the Internet address. To prove it, they show a padlock as a symbol or the website logo.

- If you have entered your data on a dubious site due to confusion, or excessive confidence, it is convenient that you contact your bank immediately and if necessary, block the PIN and TAN codes.

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