It is a new mode with which they make you start a “session”, but nothing, is to steal your password and do whatever they want with your page
By: Yamileth Hernández
In the cases of phishing in social networks, the new mode of stealing the password from Facebook through a inbox issued by an acquaintance.
Oscar de la Cruz, president of Revo-Sonora and analyst of social networks, explained that these people use Messenger, where they send an inbox supposedly from someone they know, so that they react to a publication, and when they do, they send them a link.
“At the moment of giving click to the link, it will send you to an address where you will be asked to log into a fake page that resembles the image of the official site of Facebook.
“When you enter your information in this false address, your login information will be stolen from Facebook and they will use your account to request money or perform the same practice to continue stealing passwords, “he explained.
That is why so that they do not violate your privacy, steal your identity or misuse your information and social network, it is recommended to ignore the message, if it comes from a stranger.
“If the message comes from a person we know, you have to contact them by other means and ask if they are indeed the one who is making the request for help and notify them that they are using their profile maliciously.
“If you fall into this kind of phishing, check for any unusual activity on your account and detect logins from any location or device other than your own, and immediately close such sessions; also, change the passwords immediately, “he stressed.
Oscar de la Cruz said that you have to be careful with this type of phishing, because the creators of these apocryphal pages have elements that provide security, indicating that there is no apparent problem when entering it.
phishing: It is when a person pretends to be an acquaintance of a social network, in order to obtain the information from the user’s page and access their profile to use it at your convenience.
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