Fraudsters have invented a new method to mislead people. In social networks, they use fake accounts and prompt people to respond to their comments, and for this, users are forced to click on malicious links, which gives fraudsters the opportunity to gain access to their data. Alexander Vurasko, Deputy Director of the Monitoring Center for Digital External Threats of Solar Aura Company - TASS presented details of how the fraud mechanism works.
In particular, criminals create fake profiles on Instagram and leave offensive comments under users' posts. This action forces angry users to search for an opportunity to respond, leading them to a link on the perpetrator's profile, which supposedly leads to another social network page. When they try to authenticate through that link, scammers gain access to the victim's data. To protect against these types of attacks, Vurasko recommends carefully checking domain addresses and social network names before logging in. He also reminds people of the importance of not posting personal information on questionable websites and recommends using reliable anti-virus software. He said this is a new method of stealing people's accounts and data, which has so far been seen on Instagram, but could spread to other sites as well. on the platforms.
