Social media platforms are seen as popular hunting grounds. Especially identity fraudis increasing day by day. The latest news on the subject came from Facebook. Security researchers have warned of phishing targeting administrators of company pages.
Phishing emails, a popular method to steal credentials to log into Facebook. However, according to the news, there has been an increase in phishing attacks. Here are the details!
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The purpose of the phishing scam is to trick users into giving their personal information by hijacking company pages. Abnormal Security detected the e-mails that the fraudsters sent to Facebook users. In the e-mail, it says that if a problem cannot be solved, users’ accounts will be permanently closed.
The first victim on the subject received a report that someone other than the Facebook team reposted the copyright infringing content. email took. In this e-mail, it is said that if he does not object, his account will be closed.
According to rumors in the e-mail two links is located. The first link leads to an actual Facebook post, while the second link users to object redirects you to a website. As part of the appeal process, the user is asked for personal information, including name and email address.
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Abnormal Security Threat Intelligence Analyst Rachelle Chouinardby interpreting all the data, the ‘statement’ of the situation that moves peoplesense of urgency to make mistakes‘ said that. He also added: “This is often enough to persuade buyers to provide their personal information, especially if they use their Facebook account for business purposes.”
The interesting thing for security researchers was that it was linked to a post on Facebook and a hidden phishing site was included in the appeal request. Despite all this, the e-mail may seem legitimate. written languageappears to be designed to encourage users to lose their accounts.
Facebook Help Center, He says that people who think their account has been hacked should report it and log out from devices they don’t recognize.
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