Bangalore:
Social media, be it Facebook or Twitter or others, with more than a billion
active users across the globe, are becoming tempting ground for cyber criminals
to spread malwares. Often embedded in the attractive post on social media, the
malwares are just a click away from infecting your systems. ESET, an antivirus
and security software company, has come up with security tips on social posts,
be it on Facebook or any other social media, that one should never click on.
Read on to know 6 of them.
People follow celebrity stories reverently. Cyber criminals want to cash on
this weakness by posting catchy celebrity stories, which may appear on your
timeline. It may be a false story with links to malware. So it is often safer
to Google the subject of a link or type a website's main URL into a browser
instead of clicking the link.
#5
The one which begs you for "Likes"
You may have come across posts that ask you for help to get million likes for
some social cause or to impress some loved once, do not get carried away.
And visit your Activity Log in Facebook's new Graph Search and make sure you
haven't "Liked" any companies, products or sites you wouldn't want
the world to know about.
People are getting obsessed with their weight. They want to try anything that
can help them get zero size. Scammers often hawk diets that offer "amazing
weight loss" - so the mere mention of the word "diet" should
make you nervous, and lead you to click the link.
#3 The friend who sends you a gift card
While getting a gift card from a friend may make you feel warm, you may also
end up with infected system. "Gift cards" offering amazing free
sample are a fastest scam - and have been seen recently on picture-sharing
networks such as Pinterest, where a stage of getting that "free gift"
is, inevitably, to share the post with all your friends. Users don’t get any
free gifts, but instead, end up giving their personal details or downloading
malware which steals sensitive personal information.
#2 The news outlet you've never heard of
It is dangerous to click on unknown things on internet, and it goes same for
Facebook too. Abstain from clicking on posts from news outlets you have not
heard about. Cybercriminals send out bogus news links to blend in with the
flurry of "real" news.
#1 The post where your friend breaks a global news
The links about a breaking global news may often appear in your Facebook feeds
as suggested post. It is best to avoid them as they can inadverantly lead to
downloading a malware and do not share the link with your friends.
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