User beware: Hackers pose as friends to get your personal information

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) –

Your personal computer it’s a gold mine for hackers and those hackers are getting better at stealing your information.

Gary Warner knows the ins and outs of hackers. The UAB computer security expert says once hackers get access to your computer they can do everything from steal your passwords to take control of your webcam.

In fact, Warner says some hackers are trading webcam material of women and the internet itself isn’t helping. Warner says there are a number of sites and groups that teach you how to do it and you could learn how to hack in about an hour.

“One of the common things that we’re seeing right now is there’s a huge increase of phishing in email accounts. So, where they’re trying to steal the password to your Gmail account or your yahoo account, once they have your Gmail password they look through your address book and they find all your friends. And then they send emails as you to try to convince people to click on your things,” said Warner. For the full article click here 

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