5 Weaknesses of Instagram
1. Phishing
In phishing attacks , Hackers send you emails that appear to come from a trusted site. In other words, in Instagram attacks, you can receive a password reset or survey-themed fake emails from Instagram. phishing emails often contain malicious links or attachments. Whatever the subject of the email, you are trapped when you click on that malicious link or attachment. On the page that appears, hackers ask for your credentials and when you enter this information, the information you provide goes directly to them. In this way, they take control of your Instagram account.
We’ve seen phishing attacks on Instagram many times before. Hackers successfully compromised the credentials of high-profile accounts.
So what can you do to prevent this?
Make yourself aware of phishing emails, learn the features of e-mails thoroughly. You can use our Awareness Educator for this. Let’s take a look at some of the recommendations we often give in our training.
Do not click on any untrusted links and do not download any suspicious-looking email attachments.
Do not enter your personal information on sites that you are not sure are legitimate.
Fake emails often contain typos, try to spot any spelling mistakes in emails.
2. Password safety
Most of us use similar passwords in our accounts. Our passwords usually contain content such as nickname, phone number, partner name, pet name. So hackers can easily crack our Instagram password and hack our account. Hackers often use brute force attack to learn our password. After infiltrating our account, they can do whatever they want. To avoid this, make sure that your password contains different combinations such as numbers, symbols, spaces, lowercase and uppercase letters. Also, try to set the passwords of your social media accounts as different as possible. This increases the security of your account and reduces the risk of being hacked.
3. Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Zero-day vulnerability is a vulnerability that hackers often exploit. These types of vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities that the software vendor is aware of but does not fix. Hackers are making serious efforts to find zero-day vulnerabilities on Instagram . If found, this can affect and harm users and accounts in many ways. We cannot fully protect ourselves against zero-day vulnerabilities. But you can take various security measures to keep hackers away from your Instagram account.First, update your Instagram app frequently and make sure you’re using the most up-to-date version.
Be sure to use two-factor authentication when logging into your account.
4. Malware
Malware can take many forms, but hackers use key-loggers the most in Instagram attacks. Key-loggers record everything you type on your device using the keyboard and transmit them to hackers. In other words, after installing the key-logger software on your device, everything you type, such as your password, account or bank information, is in the hands of hackers. So what precautions can you take against key-loggers?When downloading a keyboard app, question the app’s reliability
Do not open any attachments or click on links in emails from someone you do not know, as hackers can transmit malware through these attachments.
Detect, disable and quarantine key-loggers with anti-spyware.
5. Mobile OS Errors
Mobile operating systems can contain various bugs. As we know, hackers can hack not only accounts, but also Instagram directly. They do this by taking advantage of the easiest vulnerabilities
If you want to protect yourself against Security Vulnerability, update your operating system frequently and do not install applications from untrusted sources.
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