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Tips to Prevent Your Online Gaming Account From Being Hacked

By Read Dive 1 year ago

Online gaming has become one of the most popular ways for gamers to compete against each other these days. Twitch is popular among all online gamers. As to stay in the top position requires the most number of views, gamers may get lots of viewers for Twitch from some of the best sites. Many people build their own computers or invest thousands of dollars in gaming computers that can handle the massive amount of data that online gaming requires.

As online gaming becomes more popular, the need for cybersecurity increases. The more you play online, the more susceptible your computer is to hackers. Continue reading to get some tips to protect your online gaming account from cybersecurity threats.

Beware of social engineering attacks.

For as long as commerce between people has existed, there have been con men and women who use charisma and promises to cast a spell on the hearts and minds of their victims. Now, hackers have created a con game of their own called social engineering.

Hackers use social engineering to get people to let their guard down and compromise their own network security. They use social engineering to gain access to databases and other sources of sensitive data and steal money, identities, other critical information.

Online gaming provides a great opportunity for social engineering attacks being that strangers from around the globe compete against and communicate with each other. The best way to prevent such an attack is to make sure that you never share sensitive information with someone you don’t know or whose identity you can’t verify. The agility of these scammers may stun you, and keeping your information to yourself is the best way to stay safe.

So, even though you might make plenty of friends while playing “Dota 2 Heroes,” and they may offer to help you optimize your gaming system, don’t give them access. Many cyberattacks start with “friendly” online competition.

Attend a cybersecurity Bootcamp.

If you built your own gaming computer, you obviously have some understanding of computers and web technology. Why not further that knowledge by attending a cyber security bootcamp? Attending a boot camp is a great way to learn the fundamentals of cybersecurity so you can build your own computers, write code, and fortify the vulnerabilities in your own system.

NextGenT offers boot camps for coding, network security, and more. Their goal is to help people achieve their goals in the tech field and fill the need for skilled coding and cybersecurity professionals.

Sure, you may build computers as a hobby, however, your love of gaming and technology could be a foundation for a rewarding career as a cybersecurity analyst or video game coder. You could make the next great version of Dota with the right skills.

Why not learn how to provide cybersecurity for your own computer network and learn the technical skills to create a career path in the technical field? NextGenT boot camps are affordable, and you can learn Python, Comptia security, JavaScript, and anything else you need to become a cybersecurity engineer or web developer.

Have penetration tests run on your system.

Believe it or not, there is such a thing as ethical hacking. Ethical hackers run penetration tests that gauge the vulnerability of systems and help people to make their cyber world a little safer.

Using penetration tests for risk assessment allows you to enhance your risk management by showing you where you’re open to cyberattacks. There’s no one better than ethical hackers with real-world experience to test your system security and firewalls.

Invest in cybersecurity software.

The best way to protect your online gaming account from hackers is to install cybersecurity software on your computer. Cybersecurity professionals and companies are improving their products every day, and with the right cybersecurity tools, your gaming system can be like the Fort Knox of the cyber world.

Hackers cost individuals and companies billions of dollars every year, making offensive cybersecurity necessary for protecting your gaming computer from cyber threats. By entering a cybersecurity boot camp, investing in cybersecurity software, running penetration tests, and learning about social engineering attacks, you can mitigate security threats.

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