{"id":10743,"date":"2016-01-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/?p=10743"},"modified":"2020-12-14T19:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T17:47:22","slug":"vk-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/vk-privacy\/10743\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up your VK.com privacy settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our series looking at privacy, we will take a look at VKontakte (aka VK.com) a Russian social network to showcase how they look at privacy in comparison to Google and Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n

Social networks are a desirable piece of cake for fraudsters and weirdos of all kinds and vk.com is no exception. Criminals come up with many creative ways to steal user\u2019s login credentials: from common hacks and phishing<\/a> to such exotic methods as setting on Wi-Fi hotspots<\/a> which collect your social network login data in exchange for \u2018free\u2019 Internet.<\/p>\n

Of course, one can try to restore a compromised account, block spam and ignore suspicious requests from friends who seem to have been hacked. However, sometimes it\u2019s not as easy as it seems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The best way to secure yourself from cybercriminals is to set up the privacy of your account. It\u2019s not that hard, because the VK interface is very user-friendly. Besides, with this post we are going to clear out what you should pay attention to.<\/p>\n

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Fraudsters hacked #Skype<\/a> and tricked victim\u2019s friends to send them about $5000: https:\/\/t.co\/lv9nlyGvVg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) March 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n