How do hackers hack Facebook?

People on  Facebook  have a lot of information, and all this information is essential to them, so they try their best to make sure that their data is secure; hackers are very interested in accessing information that is difficult to access, one of which they have to break many rules to get it.

Your Facebook account is a very useful tool for hackers because they can gain a lot of information if they have access to your account; for example, they can access your personal information, name, address, details of all your close friends, family, and so on, to use it and achieve their desired results.

It is also possible for hackers to use your account to send malicious programs to other users, which can ultimately damage your  Facebook account. This article will give a brief explanation of how hackers can hack a Facebook account.

How do hackers hacking Facebook?

Hackers use different methods to hack Facebook, some of which we will mention in the following.

- Hack Facebook via email:

If  hackers  can access your email, they can eventually access everything associated with that ID and get all your information, you've probably noticed by now that people leave their email addresses visible on their Facebook profiles, and if their email is not very secure, hackers can easily use this email to have access to their account, in this hacking method, the best solution that exists. You can use it to keep your account safe from hackers is not to show your email address in your Facebook profile, and you should also use strong and safe passwords for your email.

- Having your login information to Facebook:

Some Facebook users may write down the password and other information they need to log in to their account; now imagine that someone with malicious intent has access to this information; what do you think will happen?

This can endanger your website and the information it contains, so the hackers can gain your information, and they can also have access to your website whenever they want; we are sure that people's account  security is important  to them, so we suggest that they should never write down the passwords of their accounts, as well as other information needed to log in to that account. They should not even save the information on a computer accessible to the public.

- Phishing:

One of the ways that hackers use a lot to hack other people's information is  phishing, in which the hacker creates a web page similar to the Facebook page. They intend to trick Facebook users through that accounts; in fact, through this method, hackers can easily access the information they need to log in to the user account to perform malicious actions; for example, the hacker may send messages to Facebook users friends containing malicious links. As a result, they can eventually be hacked by many people.

To prevent your account from being hacked this way, all you have to do is be more careful before clicking on any link. You should check the URL placed in the address bar before entering the site, and the important point that you must follow is to use your Facebook home page to log in to your Facebook account.

- Social engineering:

If you are familiar with hacking, you have heard of social engineering, and you know how much hackers use this method to hack other people's information.

In fact, in this way, hackers gain users' trust, and users will eventually easily provide the information that hackers need, and they will abuse their trust in them.

This method can also be controlled with your intelligence, and it is enough that you do not trust anyone and do not share your important information with them.

- Reaching the password through viruses:

Viruses  have been noticed by many hackers today. They can access the information they need; these viruses have different types, which we will discuss in more detail below.

- Trojans and Viruses:

Trojans  and viruses can access your computer in various ways and eventually gain access to important information, including your  Facebook  password; in fact, once logged in, they can give the hacker full access to your information.

- Keyloggers:

If hackers can log in to

Keyloggers will eventually record all the keys you press on the computer and send them to the hacker, so if you enter your Facebook password, this password will be easily found for the hackers. As a result, access to your Facebook account will be given to that person.

In general, hackers may be able to hack your Facebook account in various ways, some of which we have mentioned; we have also introduced to you the ways that you can get help to prevent your account from being hacked, in the following, we are going to review all the points to ensure the security of your information and your user account, so you can spend your time safely on Facebook.

Important points:

- Raise the level of your information regularly and read hacking articles as much as you can to become fully aware of the different types of hacking and the methods that hackers use, and master it step by step to take action to secure your account.

- Note that a large company will never email you asking you to provide them with your login information; if you come across such emails, you should pay more attention to the email address and check it to see whether the email has a correct address or not, to date, hackers have been able to hack many users accounts through the negligence of various users and make a lot of money.

- Viruses can spread quickly among users and hack many accounts, so if you find that your  Facebook  account has been hacked, do your best to clear your system from the infected virus and prevent the virus from spreading to other people's accounts again, to do this, you must first change your Facebook password and make sure that you take all the necessary steps while choosing a new password, to choose a strong one so that they cannot use your account to spread the virus among new users, also, you should notify your friends immediately about this issue and warn them not to open a message which is sent by your account in order not to infect their account with a virus, in the next step, you have to check all your programs, especially the size of the files you download, so if you encounter a suspicious case, you can deal with it immediately.

In all stages of using your computer, you have to use a strong antivirus and update it regularly to prevent the virus from infecting your computer. If your account is infected with a virus, it will be removed quickly.

Last word:

In general, the number of hackers is increasing day by day, and each of them is a person who has a lot of talent and knowledge in the field of computers, and they also try to add to their knowledge with perseverance, so you should try not to fall behind in the world of science and technology as a user, as well as information about the  security of the site, so you should constantly check the articles related to these areas to prevent hackers from entering your account so that you can increase your awareness and be able to maintain the security of your  Facebook account, so in this article, we have provided you with the necessary steps that should be taken to have a secure account on Facebook, because as you know your important information as the one which you have entered to log in to your account is stored there; as a result, you have to take it more seriously, if you don't want to fall into hackers' trap.