Today,
Facebook announces the launch of phish@fb.com, an email
address available to the public to report phishing attempts against
Facebook. Phishing is any attempt to acquire personal information,
such as username, password, or financial information via impersonation or
spoofing.
By
providing Facebook with reports, we can investigate and request for browser
blacklisting and site takedowns where appropriate.In some cases, Facebook will
be able to identify victims, and secure their accounts.
You
might ask yourself how to spot suspected phishing emails. Facebooks Partner at
the Anti-Phishing Working Group have put together
some helpful tips to avoid being deceived by these messages:
1.
Be
suspicious of any email with urgent requests for login or financial
information, and remember, unless the email is digitally signed, you can't be
sure it wasn't forged or 'spoofed'
2. Don't use the links
in an email, instant message, or chat to get to any web page if you suspect the
message might not be authentic or you don't trust the sender, instead navigate
to the website directly
This
new reporting channel will compliment internal systems they have in place to
detect phishing sites attempting to steal Facebook user login information.
The internal systems will notify faceboook team, so that they can gather
information on the attack, take the phishing sites offline, and notify
users. Affected users will be prompted to change their password and
provided education to better protect themselves in the future.
As
a reminder, you can visit www.facebook.com/hacked if you think your account
may be compromised(Ha3ked).
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