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    ScamBLOX Extension – "Social Media Fraudulent Account"

    Posted by ANUYAN on October 20, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Social media networks are an integral part of our modern information society, with no age or professional restrictions for participation in them. The issue of cybersecurity of information in social networks requires special attention. One of the main problems is social bots or harmful accounts.

    As a rule, the mass distribution of specially programmed false accounts is used to:

    • As a vehicle for legal cybercrime business.

    • Organization of stuffing of information flows.

    • Mass theft of personal data.

    • Creating conditions for the deterioration of trust in social networks.

    • Creation of false news feeds and fake votes.

    If you are an individual, below are some ways to prevent being impersonated on social media.

    • Set your social media profiles to private – This ensures that your profile can only be viewed by people you personally approved.

    • Don’t put any sensitive information on your profile – This includes your bank details, social security number, home address, and phone numbers, amongst other things. Many times people don’t intentionally put this information on their profiles, but it can be found in the background (such as statements left on the counter while taking a selfie).

    • Be careful of the things you post – Fraudsters often use people’s posts to create a convincing fake account.

    • Only accept friend (or follow) requests from people you know.

    • If you receive a friend (or follow) request from someone you have already connected with – reach out to them directly to confirm that it’s really them that sent the request.

    • This discussion was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by  ANUYAN.
    • This discussion was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by  ANUYAN.
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Domain: dropbox.com

Established: 1995-06-28

Server IP Address: 205.251.193.59

Domain Blacklisted: No

In computing, a blacklist, disallowlist, blocklist, or denylist is a basic access control mechanism that blocks all malicious elements (email addresses, websites users, …)

Suspended Site: No

When your website account is suspended, it means the hosting provider has temporarily taken it offline. Website hosts often suspend websites for a myriad of reasons ranging from malware to spam.

Email (MX) Configured: Yes

Verification that the website has its entity’s proper IMAP (Inbox) and SMTP (Outbox) mailbox servers configured correctly.

DMARC Configured: Yes

DMARC is an open email authentication protocol that provides domain-level protection of the email channel. DMARC authentication detects and prevents email spoofing techniques used in phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and other email-based attacks.

SSL Cert Blacklisted: No

Hackers have discovered ways to circumvent, alter, or abuse SSL certificates. An SSL certificate blacklist is a list of untrustworthy SSL certificates that have been created and can potentially harm users.

Website Popular: No

Risky TLD: No

The TLD (Top Level Domain) are the last characters of an entity’s website name, such as .com, .org, etc. Cyber-criminals and threat actors prefer a small set of 25 out of the thousands of available extensions, which accounts for 90% of all malicious sites. A Risky TLD is verification that the domain name is not to be trusted.

Heuristic Pattern: No

If a website uses Heuristics, then it is a scanning method that looks for malware-like behavior patterns. It is commonly used to detect new or not-yet-known malware.

Risky Geolocation: No

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Suspicious Domain: No

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