The growing number of users who configure additional protection on their social media accounts there is still a group for whom fa security is difficult to understand. Especially if they think they are using a very strong password. Unfortunately such accounts most often fall victim to mass attacks using a method called brute force which involves repeated attempts to guess the login and password to the account until the account is blocked or cracked. Social engineering attack do you have a strong password is your authentication app always at hand this does not necessarily mean that you will not be a victim of another type of attack. Methods to secure your account in the form of fa concern protection against the socalled automatic attacks. on facebook accounts are in turn a clever way of using certain information you have already published online which will be used by criminals to take further steps. Example you go on holiday to croatia relax on the beach and publish beautiful photos of the monuments visited by your family on your social media accounts.A cybercriminal may take advantage of this fact and call you impersonating a facebook consultant with alleged information that the website has recorded an attack on your account from an ip address belonging to a croatian network. The alleged consultant may ask you to take immediate action by clicking on a link sent by the facebook protection system to your email inbox. The consultant will gain even more credibility by informing you that this process is completely safe because it takes place over an encrypted internet connection. Clicking on the link will redirect you to a fake website where you must enter your login and password this way the criminal will obtain another piece of the puzzle. Finally the criminal may ask for additional security verification by verbally providing a fa code to authorize a password change with the department of security however he will actually log into your account using the code provided over the phone. Do you think you wont be threatened by such a scenario it is precisely because of the lack of vigilance and playing on emotions that such attacks are justified. Emotions are your biggest enemy in dangerous situations.
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