Gamers & DevelopersAre They Safe From Cybercriminals Today?

• With advancements in technology, Internet connectivity and ease of online payments worldwide, consumers now have instant access to almost anything.

• In a recent report by Newzoo, it indicated that gamers worldwide will generate a total revenue of $99.6 billion before the end of 2016.

• As this humongous amount of profits will undoubtedly go to game developers around the world, there are people trying to get a cut of this profits in an unethical manner.

• Cybercriminals have costed businesses as much as $100 billion, including money lost from damages and subsequent disruption to the normal course of developers.

• Assessing consumers’ concern on cyber-security on both PC and Mobile, a recent survey noted consumers still have security concerns on online payments as well.

• While anti-virus, game and other tech developers are looking for solutions, consumers can also ensure that they won’t be victims of any cyber attacks or fraud.

Shop Only On Secure Sites/ Platforms

• Look out for secure sites beginning with ‘https://’. The ‘s’ in the link signifies that the site is utilizing a secure server that protects your information from hackers.

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Never Use The Same Password For All Of your Accounts

• It may sound easier to have one password for all of your accounts, especially if Mark Zuckerberg does it too, but this will only make it easier for cybercriminals to hack into your accounts.

• Create smart passwords by incorporating figures, symbols, upper and lower case letters.

Never Conduct Transaction Activities Over Public/ Unsecured Networks/ Wi-Fi

• Free Wi-Fi is good and fun but don’t use it when you’re accessing your bank account or when you make online purchases.

• This will only expose your personal and private information to eagerly waiting hackers.

Protect yourself online.

• Adapted from an article written by iPrice with pictures from Pixabay and iPrice.