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5 ways to make your email safer in case of a hack attack

Los Angeles: The Sony hack, the latest in a wave of company security breaches, exposed months of employee emails. Other hacks have given attackers access to sensitive information about a company and its customers, such

India TV News Desk Published : Dec 22, 2014 9:56 IST, Updated : Dec 26, 2014 11:19 IST

Keep work and personal emails separate

Don't use your work email for personal email or activities online. That limits details a hacker can glean about you to conduct more sophisticated attacks targeting you as the entryway into your company's system. For example, hackers can learn about your shopping habits or personal hobbies and use those to send a phishing email that appears to come from websites you bought goods from or read frequently. Phishing messages route you to a fake address and allow hackers to gain access to your system.

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