Recently held “Pwn2Own hacking challenge” challenged security researchers to hack in major browsers and they were able to all major web browsers, taking home the cash prize of $240,000. It was the second day of the event when Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Apple Safari got exploited by the researchers. And the impressing thing was that one of them just took a little less than 1 second to exploit Firefox’s out-of-bounds memory vulnerability. Another researcher demonstrated three different browser exploits against IE 11, Chrome and Safari.

So, what does this mean for you?

This whole story seems to be dangerous and also put a big question mark on the face of the internet security. However, we should remember that these people were some of the best security workers from around the globe, so I would recommend you not to worry much.

Still worried? Here are some tips for improving your Internet Security.

Antivirus: Your digital life is full of attackers, hackers & viruses so you need an antivirus to protect it.

Don’t make your personal life digital: Remember, internet is not a place where you can share or store ALL your personal information including PRIVATE pics, contacts & biodata.

Fire up the PC: Turn up the firewall which is present in most of the Operating Systems by default; you just need to turn it on.

Avoid public access: Going to the public internet cafes is not at all safe even if they give a great internet speed. When you are using a public PC, there is an added risk of losing your private Information along confidential data. And you have to depend on third party for your security & privacy; you can’t have your antivirus everywhere.

Digital scams; attachments & downloads: Ever saw that Spam icon which you don’t care about, check it someday and you will find a bunch of Big & powerful promises and funny jokes, that are actually jokes on you. That all kind of stuff is considered as Spam and it can harm your PC along stealing your data. So whenever you get an email from an unknown or untrusted person always make sure that it’s not a hidden malware.

Save your mobile: Nowadays, mobiles are the easiest & popular targets for the hackers, so make sure that you always password lock your phone and avoid storing your personal data on the device. And use the tip mentioned above for avoiding attackers from the emails that you receive in your cell phone. And if you’re engaged in mobile banking then you must have some backup security other than your bank’s protection, for which I suggest the powerful antiviruses like 360 Security.