With the way things are going on, we might one day wake up to log into our facebook account and realize that the account is no longer ours.

That will be so disastrous don’t you think, with all your personal details, information, photos, and videos, live online on your Facebook account, the last thing you want is for that account of yours to be hacked.

But it is happening every day. Fact, Facebook accounts are hacked 160,000 times daily. As you are reading this post, one selfish hacker is somewhere trying to hack into someone's Facebook account or hack into something else.

Hacking is now the norm, nearly 73 percent, of all Americans, have fallen victim to some type of cyber crime. And this same thing is happening throughout the world.
The internet is becoming part of our lives, and because of that, we should take our security online very serious.

As cold as the truth may be, nobody is safe from a hack attack and no amount of security measures you adopt can completely shut the doors and windows away from a mean, sensible, bad ass hacker.

But that you can’t do anything to keep your facebook account safe completely doesn’t mean you should then keep your doors ajar and make it very easy for a hacker to come in.

This post will teach you the various ways your Facebook account can be hacked and the possible steps you can easily take to ensure that your Facebook’s account security is tight and that a hacker will find it extremely hard to penetrate.


8 Methods a Hacker Can Use To Hack Your Facebook Account.


Keylogging
Keylogging is the second easiest, and it is very much tricky more than Phishing. In this method, the hacker uses a tiny program called keylogger to record everything in which the victim types on his/her keyboard. After recording the result is sent to the hacker via TP or email.

Stealers
Steelers is the process where victims had stored their login details on their browser. We are all guilty of this one.


Session Hijacking

This method can be used on you if you’ve not switched your connection from HTTP to HTTPS. The hacker steals your cookies which a website uses to authenticate a user. Hackers now use this to gain access to the victim’s attack

Facebook Phishing

Phishing is the most common method available for hackers to get hold of your Facebook login details and access your Facebook account. Phishing involves a hacker making a login page that bears the complete resemblance of the original Facebook login page.



The hacker will then purchase a domain name that resembles that of Facebook but is isn’t. The hacker might buy a domain name like this “faceb00k.com” or any other combination that will make it hard for an individual to notice that it’s not actually facebook’s URL.

The hacker then creates a link with the domain name, the title of the content the link will be very attractive and irresistible. Also, the image used on the post content when putting it up Facebook will also be irresistible.

Behind the front end of the cloned Facebook login page is a program that will prompt you to insert your Facebook login details before you can be able to view this content you saw the attractive image and Title the hacker posted on Facebook.

After capturing your login details, the program will deposit the captured details into the admin manager of the data center of the phishing websites they are using now.

Other Methods Includes:
I. Side jacking/Firesheep
II. Mobile phone hacking
III. USB hijacking
IV. Man in the middle attack
V. Botnets
VI. DNS spoofing attack


How to ensure total and tightly secured facebook account security

⦁ Always make sure to Logout from any system you accessed your FB account with if it is not your own system.
⦁ Enable Secure browsing. Secure browsing (HTTPS) is a security feature that will encrypt your activity on FB.
⦁ Enable Login Notification on your Facebook account.
⦁ Create and use an unpredictable password. Mix up numbers, symbols and also use both upper and lower case alphabets.
⦁ Enable cell phone login approval
⦁ Change your password periodically.
⦁ Go through your list of apps connected to your Facebook account and deny access to anyone that you can’t remember giving access to. Also do this often.
⦁ Avoid being deceived to click on any suspicious link that claims to be Facebook. It might be a phishing page’s URL.
⦁ Do not download or install any suspicious apps.
⦁ Do not enter your login details in any app inside or outside Facebook.
⦁ Do not share or save your Facebook password; it is better and more secure if it only exists up in your memory.
⦁ Install an anti-virus software and always scan your system for viruses.
⦁ Check your web browser for Spywares.
⦁ Always use chrome it sometimes identifies a Facebook phishing page.
⦁ Always download Softwares from trusted websites.
⦁ Avoid saving your password on your browser. Always click No or never remember whenever that box comes up.
⦁ Use VPN.
⦁ Avoid open WIFI networks.
⦁ Never share personal information via email or any messenger like FB messenger.


Most a times a hacker will be able to penetrate your account just because you have ignored putting some of this small security checks into action. Putting these safety tips into action will make it tough and almost impossible for a hacker to hack your Facebook account.

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