Computer Xperts strongly recommend you to download emails data on your computer instead of leaving them on the server. Hackers can steal your email password either through phishing attack or malware attack and places his own forwarders and filters to transfer/divert the payments into different bank accounts.
Phishing Attack is the most widely used hacking technique in which hacker usually sends an e-mail that appears to come from a bank, or credit card company or ISP — requesting “verification” of information. Usually emails also claims that you have exceeded the storage limit for your mailbox and, therefore, your email account will be closed if you do not click a link to increase your storage capacity. These messages ask for verification of personal information, such as an account number, a password, or a date of birth. Twenty percent of unsuspecting victims respond, which may result in stolen accounts, financial loss, or even identity theft. It is best not to respond to unsolicited emails as they may be attacks of this kind.
Malware Attack, or “malicious software,” is designed to secretly access your computer, compromise email accounts and steal data. Malware can be introduced into a computer while browsing the internet or opening an email. To spread Malware, hackers can create malicious websites of their own, exploit a vulnerability in the applications a website relies on. Malware is often downloaded from an email attachment asking to open attached document e.g. Export Documents, Quotation request, Inquiry, PO Order. We strongly advise you to install latest malware scanners on your machine and keep automatic updates enabled in order to protect yourself from email hacking.
There is another way to steal the email passwords logging through insecure public networks or using free wifi internet. You can go through the video published by Gourmet News that Pakistan Exports data is being sold on the internet when they go to business exhibitions and use inauthentic or insecure wifi internet.
