{"id":10563,"date":"2021-03-25T04:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T04:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2021-03-25T04:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T04:50:53","slug":"5-most-common-cybersecurity-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/5-most-common-cybersecurity-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Most Common Cybersecurity Myths Debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/how-to-be-secure-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research by NordPass<\/a> reveals that senior citizens believe in a lot of cybersecurity myths that could jeopardize their online security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security experts debunk the 5 most common cybersecurity myths and explain why believing in them is dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reusing passwords is not that bad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the research, 38% of senior citizens feel safe enough not to be hacked even though they reuse passwords. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/blog\/stop-reusing-passwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reusing passwords<\/a> is bad. The main and most obvious reason why reusing passwords is not secure is that it <strong>creates a single point of failure<\/strong>. \u201cThis means that using the same password for a number of your online accounts puts them all at risk. A hacker only needs one password to compromise a large number of your accounts without a lot of hassle,\u201d says Chad Hammond, security expert at <a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/how-to-be-secure-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NordPass<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nobody cares about my data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s tempting to think that your data is not interesting to any devious third parties. While it\u2019s true that hackers rarely target any specific person, it is essential to understand that they are looking for any data they could monetize. That could be your <strong>Social Security number, email address, physical address, passwords, date of birth, or full name<\/strong>. All such information could <strong>prove valuable to a cybercrook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sharing passwords over email is secure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending passwords via email is a common practice, but the potential of revealing them to unwanted parties is quite high. There are many reasons <strong>emailing passwords can be dangerous<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>emails are sent in plain text, meaning they are not protected in any way<\/li><li>emails are often stored on the computer in plain text or other unencrypted formats<\/li><li>many copies of an email could still exist in many places, even once it\u2019s deleted<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For these reasons, hackers don\u2019t have to do all that much to get hold of a password sent over email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Writing down passwords on sticky notes is secure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing down a password on a sticky note might seem like a reasonable way to store and remember your passwords. However, this is a common misconception, and doing so could be risky. Consider the fact that <strong>misspelling a password on a sticky note<\/strong> is a real possibility which leads to the dreadful and endless password reset loop. \u201cIn addition to that, paper is perishable, could be simply lost, or placed somewhere where other people could have a clear view of it,\u201d says Chad Hammond, security expert at <a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/how-to-be-secure-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NordPass<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I don\u2019t need to regularly change my passwords<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 34% of senior citizens update their passwords regularly. However, most experts recommend changing passwords every 90 days. Regular password changes guarantee that no one can acquire your password and use it to snoop on your online accounts over an extended period of time. \u201cIf any of your passwords are ever leaked in a data breach, they will more than likely appear in a database on the dark web. Hackers love those databases,\u201d says Chad Hammond, security expert at NordPass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research by NordPass reveals that senior citizens believe in a lot of cybersecurity myths that could jeopardize their online security. Security experts debunk the 5 most common cybersecurity myths and explain why believing in them is dangerous. 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