Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Social media is a conduit for thieves to get personal data (they can use it, for instance, to open up a credit line in the victim’s name). Though many people are concerned their personal information will get in the wrong hands, the funny thing is that they continue posting personal information—way too personal. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center says that social media is a fertile area for criminals to scam people. Phishing You are lured to a phony website that masquerades as your bank or some other important account. The lure might be a warning that you’ll lose your account unless you click the link to reactivate it. Once on the site, you’re then lured into typing in your login information—that the scammer will then use to gain access to your account. Never click these links! Use antivirus/malware protection! Clickjacking You’re lured into clicking on a link. Once you do this, trouble begins, either with a download of malware or you being suckered into revealing account information—to the thief on the other end. Recently I was perusing the FB page of a person I knew from school, and a recent post was what appeared to be a video in […]
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