Top 7 tips to secure your LinkedIn account from hackers
LinkedIn has over 1 billion users worldwide in more than 200 countries, and cybercriminals are leveraging this fact as an advantage to target its users at large.??
Whether sending a phishing mail posting as a technical team of LinkedIn or sending a well-crafted social engineering-based message to a user on LinkedIn cybercriminals are leveraging LinkedIn to target businesses.??
Let us explore some of the most common threats based on LinkedIn along with the best practices to secure a LinkedIn account.??
What are some of the common LinkedIn-based threats??
LinkedIn is used by most businesses and individuals for reasons like lead generation, networking, and building new connections. Cybercriminals leverage it to target its users posing as a genuine opportunity for business or career.??
As a measure of security, LinkedIn removed more than 63.63 million fake LinkedIn accounts.??
Out of which 46.3 million accounts were stopped at registration, 17.1 million were restricted proactively before the members were reported and 0.23 million were restricted after members were reported. ?
The following are some of the common threats found on LinkedIn:?
7 Effective ways to secure your LinkedIn account?
1. Keep check of your password security - periodically update your password with a strong password?
One of the easy ways to secure your LinkedIn account is to periodically change your password and use strong passwords. Use password managers to create a strong password and manage all your passwords securely.??
2. Check within your network whether you can find anyone impersonating you or your workspace colleagues?
Perform a check of whether anyone is impersonating you or your employees/coworkers on LinkedIn. If you find any, report it to LinkedIn, and if they are engaging in unlawful activities, report it to law enforcement.??
3. Don't connect to public Wi-Fi while logging in to your LinkedIn Account?
Connecting to public Wi-Fi can expose you to many cyber risks and jeopardize the security of your LinkedIn account. For example, by redirecting you to a malicious website, attackers can distribute malware to your computer that can snoop on your activity or steal your credentials.??
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4. Keep track of your activity on LinkedIn??
Periodically check your account history interactions, etc. and keep track of your activity on LinkedIn to pre-emptively detect signs of account breach.??
Go to Settings>Data Privacy>How LinkedIn uses your data> Manage your data and activity?
5. Create a backup of your account?
Always create a backup of all the data specific to your account. You can download all your account and your connections-specific data from LinkedIn by following the steps below:?
Go to Settings>Data Privacy>How LinkedIn uses your data> Get a copy of your data??
6. Stay aware of LinkedIn based phishing
Cybercriminals phish their targets by sending them emails posing as tech support from??
LinkedIn, asking them to sign in to their account, and redirecting them to a fake LinkedIn page to steal their credentials.? Stay aware of such threats and signs to detect phishing.
7. Include LinkedIn as part of your incident response plan?
Since any kind of compromise of account could be used to extract credentials from other users of the organization, LinkedIn security must be part of your incident response plan. It is essential to train employees and workers on the best practices recommended by Linked In for security.??
Here are some security best practices recommended by LinkedIn:
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