Online fraud through phishing techniques using social networking site like Facebook is more popularity. Engineering fraud through social networking site is quite new, and according to Kaspersky, it is 10 times more effective then other techniques such as via email.
According to A Member of the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab David Emm, the success of this technique is supported by the popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites that are not in balanced by user enough skill.
Therefore, Kaspersky provides 10 ways to avoid from online fraud in the social networking site:
1. For sites such as Facebook create a bookmark for the log-in page, or type the URL directly into the browser address bar;
2. Don’t click on links in e-mail messages;
3. Only type in confidential data on a secure web site;
4. Check your bank account(s) regularly and report anything suspicious to your bank;
5. Look for giveaway signs of phishing e-mails:
6. If it’s not addressed to you personally; If you’re not the only recipient; If there are spelling mistakes, poor grammar or syntax or other clumsy use of language.
7 Install Internet security software and keep anti-virus updated; Install security patches;
8. Be wary of unsolicited e-mail or IM messages;
9. Be careful about logging in with Administrator rights;
10 Backup your data.
According to A Member of the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab David Emm, the success of this technique is supported by the popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites that are not in balanced by user enough skill.
Therefore, Kaspersky provides 10 ways to avoid from online fraud in the social networking site:
1. For sites such as Facebook create a bookmark for the log-in page, or type the URL directly into the browser address bar;
2. Don’t click on links in e-mail messages;
3. Only type in confidential data on a secure web site;
4. Check your bank account(s) regularly and report anything suspicious to your bank;
5. Look for giveaway signs of phishing e-mails:
6. If it’s not addressed to you personally; If you’re not the only recipient; If there are spelling mistakes, poor grammar or syntax or other clumsy use of language.
7 Install Internet security software and keep anti-virus updated; Install security patches;
8. Be wary of unsolicited e-mail or IM messages;
9. Be careful about logging in with Administrator rights;
10 Backup your data.
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