Treceți offline cu aplicația Player FM !
Dangerous Links in Comments
Serii arhivate ("Sursă inactivă" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 26, 2023 10:27 (). Last successful fetch was on October 13, 2022 23:59 ()
Why? Sursă inactivă status. Servele noastre nu au putut să preia o sursă valida de podcast pentru o perioadă îndelungată.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 307805464 series 29352
Phishing scams are one of the more common traps they setup and getting victims to those phishing websites has also evolved beyond phishing email messages.
They know that the comments section is a great place to try to draw victims to their boobytrapped websites.
Typical out of context posts that are clearly someone spamming the comments are pretty easy to spot, it's the more devious methods that you'll need to stay aware of.
Posting a link along with a comment that appears to be a legitimate response to a previous comment is pretty common and where the danger lies.
Clicking the link in the comment can be every bit as dangerous as clicking on a link in email, so it's best to avoid them.
One way to see if the information they are referring to is legit is by doing a Google search using the title of the link, which should come up in the search results if they are.
204 episoade
Serii arhivate ("Sursă inactivă" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 26, 2023 10:27 (). Last successful fetch was on October 13, 2022 23:59 ()
Why? Sursă inactivă status. Servele noastre nu au putut să preia o sursă valida de podcast pentru o perioadă îndelungată.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 307805464 series 29352
Phishing scams are one of the more common traps they setup and getting victims to those phishing websites has also evolved beyond phishing email messages.
They know that the comments section is a great place to try to draw victims to their boobytrapped websites.
Typical out of context posts that are clearly someone spamming the comments are pretty easy to spot, it's the more devious methods that you'll need to stay aware of.
Posting a link along with a comment that appears to be a legitimate response to a previous comment is pretty common and where the danger lies.
Clicking the link in the comment can be every bit as dangerous as clicking on a link in email, so it's best to avoid them.
One way to see if the information they are referring to is legit is by doing a Google search using the title of the link, which should come up in the search results if they are.
204 episoade
Toate episoadele
×Bun venit la Player FM!
Player FM scanează web-ul pentru podcast-uri de înaltă calitate pentru a vă putea bucura acum. Este cea mai bună aplicație pentru podcast și funcționează pe Android, iPhone și pe web. Înscrieți-vă pentru a sincroniza abonamentele pe toate dispozitivele.