Five tips to keep your devices secure from hackers

Journalist

Mwananchi Communications Limited

What you need to know:

Hackers believe that people who are normal are the easy target and that’s why they use very simple methods to make sure they own your information.

Recently, there have been lot of complaints by smartphone and PC users in the country that their information is being hacked even though they have their devices all the time.
Hackers use a variety of methods to make sure that they have your information such bank accounts, social media details and secret files. We found different types of hackers like those whose goal is to completely destroy your life by exposing confidential details, those who improve the system of the company by finding bugs and malware and those who steal money from your accounts.
You may be wondering, why hackers target you while you consider yourself a normal person. Hackers believe that people who are normal are the easy target and that’s why they use very simple methods to make sure they own your information.
Here are five things that will help keep your information protected:

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