Beware this new phishing attack that's after your passwords!

A classic bit of internet security advice just bit the dust. For ages, email users were told to hover their mouse over a link to see where it led—if you saw the URL of a legitimate website, you were in the clear. But on Tuesday, Microsoft shared details on a new kind of phishing attack: Email with links that contain a known website at the start, but actually redirect to a malicious page.This ploy relies on a type of link often used by sales and marketing teams to track information about who clicks on a URL in a newsletter or on social media. Known as open redirect links, the structure of the link begins with a primary domain, then includes a string of analytics data and a final destination site.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3631416/beware-this-new-phishing-attack-thats-after-your-passwords.html#tk.rss_all

Creato 4y | 1 set 2021, 11:20:59


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