Bangalore: The world is wired up, all communications and operations are carried through digital medium, without which, or some fault to the system, could bring chaos up on world.

The companies have grown in to huge empires, offering services, maintaining business; and it is the computers which they rely on for smooth functioning and tracking their processes. The prowess of hackers to sneak in to the computer system can send chills through spine of individuals and companies alike. Read on to know the 10 ways how you get hacked.

#10 Password Reset Services to Hijack Accounts

Spoof! I can’t access my email anymore! This could be the scream of a person whose email got hacked.

Cyber spies are able to hijack an email account by resetting user’s password while the person was in loss for words failing to interpret the situation. Alperovitch said the execution is quite simple — hackers find out the answers to possible security questions by researching the victim on social networking sites and other places, and using company’s reset service to change the password, they create their own, and hence can have unlimited access to victim’s email account.