Spear Phishing: Phishing is not a new attack method. We meet her through our email. Most phishing attempts are pretty easy to detect because often malicious messages are sent by strangers.
But there is a "new generation" of fraudsters who are connected to social networks και χρησιμοποιούν μια παρchange of phishing. The "Spear PhishingOr targeted phishing does exactly what its name implies. Instead of scammers sending thousands of messages and targeting anyone who falls into their trap, scammers are concentrating their efforts on a single person.
Below we describe some Spear Phishing used by Social Media Phishers:
Phishers use fake profiles to get into the victim's social circle.
The main tool that uses ένας phisher στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα είναι ένα ψεύτικο προφίλ. Οι Phishers δημιουργούν ψεύτικα προφίλ χρησιμοποιώντας φωτογραφίες που έχουν κλέψει από άλλα online προφίλ. Επιλέγουν συνήθως φωτογραφίες ελκυστικών ατόμων και τις προσαρμόζουν στο προφίλ τους, χρησιμοποιώντας πλαστές δημογραφικές πληροφορίες βασισμένες σε που φαντάζονται ότι θα είναι αρεστές στο θύμα τους.
So for example if their victim is around their 30, the age they choose will be close to 30. They may even use the same city as the victim, whether they are living in another continent, or they can write that they were going to the same high school with the victim.
Phishers exploit the victim's friends to gain credibility
One telltale sign of Spear Phishing scammers besides the fake profile is that they don't have many friends because their profile usually has date expiration date and doesn't last long.
But in order to win the favor of the victim, before they make good friendship with him, they will look at the list of his friends. Immediately afterwards they will try to make friends, as many as they can.
Experienced phishers will watch this step, as they will gain more easily the victim's confidence if he notices the common friends.
Phishers use the Likes, and the victim's interests
Phishers will try to "read" through the victim's profile what he likes and what he does not like. Scammers will start posting comments that they think the victim will like, and they will like his posts, building a new relationship.
Once he has caught the victim's interest, he can hit. It usually does not do it publicly by posting a malicious link, but sends it discreetly with a personal message. The link contained in the message appears to be something of interest to the victim. In fact, it is the bait to lead the victim to a phishing website where he can collect his personal information.
What can you do about Spear Phishing?
Try to hide as much information as you can
The less information the phishers see the better. Make your information visible only to your friends. Avoid creating an open profile that can be seen all over the internet. Fraudsters of Spear Phishing are looking for any information that will help their phishing efforts.
Hide your friends list
Change your settings so that everyone does not see your friends list.
Do not be too happy with unknowns that have come to you from nowhere
Unfortunately, polish is not gold. This is especially important in the Internet.
