Apple and Other Tech Companies Hacked: Here’s What You Need to Know

 








Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all fallen victim to the same attack by hackers over the past few weeks.

The good news is that very few users have been affected by these security breaches. Still, the way these companies were attacked–through malicious websites that exploited a security flaw in Java–could happen to anyone. Here’s what you need to know about the recent attacks, and how to stay safe:

Protecting your Online Identity and Reputation

Identity Theft

Ajibola is 300Level undergraduate of a Nigerian university. He's very careful about the information, pictures, and comments he sends and posts — even though his profile is set to private. He knows that nothing is ever really private online.
"I know friends who have gotten rusticated from school because of pictures and inappropriate material they have on their profiles," he says.
His advice is simple: "Be smart about what you put on the Internet, because you never know who is looking at what you have on there."
From the first time you log on to a social networking site, pick a screen name for instant messaging (IM), or post to a blog on your favorite band, you're creating an online identity.

Hooked on Facebook: Social Media Addict

Future Facebook Addict!

For anyone who has quipped that they are hooked on social networks like Facebook and Twitter the latest research suggests it might be no joke.
The statistics are mind-boggling.
Those two networks alone boast well over a billion users between them. Every day, there more than half a billion ‘likes’ on Facebook and 350-million Twitter tweets.
It is perhaps no surprise then, that researchers from the University of Chicago found last year that social networking can be more addictive than nicotine and alcohol.