Social media accountsare powerful tools in the wrong hands.Recently, we've seen hackers take overthe Twitter accounts of media outlets and use them for anything from basic spamto drawing attention to global issues.

First of all, use unique passwords for each social network.It's a pain, but it is also absolutely essentialthat you don't use the same password.

Secondly, don't be too personal!Social engineering is where hackers use whatever informationsuch as date of birth, education, interests to try to get into your account on all sorts of services.

Last but not least. Lock your phone. It's not only faceless scammers on the internet.Your phone can end up in the hands of a stranger,giving access to your social accounts (and more).