Tip sheet series – Secure your flight miles
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The document highlights growing concerns about hackers taking over flight miles from unsuspecting individuals, particularly during peak travel periods. It provides tips for protecting flight accounts, including not sharing flight cards, creating strong unique passwords, enabling two-step authentication, and being cautious with public Wi-Fi. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of regularly monitoring accounts for unusual activity and deleting suspicious communications.
Tip sheet series – Secure your flight miles
- 1. TIPSHEETSERIES www.keepnetlabs.com SecureYourFlightMiles Accordingtorecentreports,hackershave changedtheirfraudmethodsbytakingover theflightmiles.AccordingtotheWallStreet JournalandtheTodayShow,fraudstersare changingtheircash,giftcards,orcommodities forthesehard-earnedflightmilesbytaking overtheaccountsofinnocentflyingindividuals. Inparticular,denseflightperiodsincreasethe tendencyofcybercriminalstostealtheflight miles.Individualscanprotecttheirmilesand flightaccountswiththefollowingsuggestions. n DoNotShareYourFlightCards Donotshareyourflightcardfromsocial mediaanddestroyitsafely,whenyou’re done.Flightcardscanholdalotofspecial information,suchasbarcode,name, surname,flightnumber,flightaccountand etc.Withtheseinformationyouraccount canbestolen.Also,Ifyouoftentravel, periodicallymonitoryouraccount tosee anyunusualactivity. n CreateUniqueandStrongPasswords. Astrongpasswordmustcontainatleast 12characters.Strongpasswordsshouldbe createdbyfocusingonproverbs,favorable positivesentences,idiomstocreatea password. n Youshouldcreatedifferentpasswordsfor differentaccounts Ifyoufeelanythreattoyouraccounts, youshouldimmediatelychangeyour passwords. n Enable IdentityAuthentication Enableallsecurityoptionsinyourflight account.Two-stepauthenticationshould beusedforexistingaccounts.Two-step authenticationcanuseeverythingfroma shortmessagetoaphonetoabiometric icon,suchasafingerprint,toprovide enhancedaccountsecurity. n DeleteIfYouSuspectAnything Cybercriminalsoftenswipepersonal informationvialinksinemail,socialmedia messages,oronlineadvertisements.Even ifthesourceisknown,itshouldbedeleted immediatelywhensomethingseems suspicious. n BeCarefulAboutPublicWi-Fi PublicWi-Fiisnotsecure.Anyattacker canseewhatyoucandowhileconnected tothisnetwork.Insuchenvironments, limitbusinesstypesthatcontainsensitive informationsuchascreditcard,password, customerdata.Ifnosecurityoptionis available,useyourmobileconnectionwith anapplicationorbrowser. n KeepApplicationsUpdated Keepyourapplicationsup-to-date.Because thesecuritypatchesofcurrentapplications havebeenestablished. NO.21