2009-12-27, 02:51 PM
There are only 4 ways to get hacked:
Phishing
Account Sharing
Social Engineering
Keylogger/Trojan
Keep in mind though, hacking is no more then exploiting the Human Error. If you give out information that is linked to your account, that can create a vulnerability for hackers to exploit. From what I see, the majority of people who are hacked are either hacked by Phishing or Account Sharing.
While you may have the best anti-virus, and your computer is clean. Do you give out information, willingly, unknowingly? Cyanne did in this thread so far, a few others did too.
The majority of people who do hack in Maplestory or are "hackers" are generally stupid script kiddies that don't know jackpomegranate. However, not everyone is a stupid script kiddie.
The best thing to do is create a "False" version of you, a duplication of yourself of your identity that can't really be broken by the means of Social Engineering, though, you yourself need to remember the other you. The other three forms are easy to avoid. Keep away from websites. If you want actually be secure (and paranoid), use another computer that has nothing linked to Maplestory to view the web. Trust no one. Even if they are trustable, wholeheartedly, are they able to be exploited for information that you don't want others to know? Maybe they don't know computers as well as you...
Phishing
Account Sharing
Social Engineering
Keylogger/Trojan
Keep in mind though, hacking is no more then exploiting the Human Error. If you give out information that is linked to your account, that can create a vulnerability for hackers to exploit. From what I see, the majority of people who are hacked are either hacked by Phishing or Account Sharing.
While you may have the best anti-virus, and your computer is clean. Do you give out information, willingly, unknowingly? Cyanne did in this thread so far, a few others did too.
The majority of people who do hack in Maplestory or are "hackers" are generally stupid script kiddies that don't know jackpomegranate. However, not everyone is a stupid script kiddie.
The best thing to do is create a "False" version of you, a duplication of yourself of your identity that can't really be broken by the means of Social Engineering, though, you yourself need to remember the other you. The other three forms are easy to avoid. Keep away from websites. If you want actually be secure (and paranoid), use another computer that has nothing linked to Maplestory to view the web. Trust no one. Even if they are trustable, wholeheartedly, are they able to be exploited for information that you don't want others to know? Maybe they don't know computers as well as you...