How To Hackers Compromise your Instagram Account
Hackers gain targets high profile or social media influences Instagram accounts with phishing links and gain access to the accounts before the influences even know what’s happening.Based on the Trend Micro’s report the hackers target the Instagram profiles that have followers between 15,000 and 70,000 were hacked and targets range from famous actors and singers to owners of startup businesses like photo shoot equipment rentals.
The attack starts from the Phishing Email which is appears to be from Instagram asking the victim to verify the account to get the Verified badge on the Instagram profile.If the victim clicks on the Verify Account button then it go to the victim to the phishing page that asks for the following user details such as date of birth, email, and credentials.
"Once you submitted your credentials, a badge notification appears, but for only four seconds. This is a trick to give users the impression that their profile has been verified”, reads Trend Micro blog post. But the reality is that the hackers ex-filtrate the credentials".
As the user enters the credentials in the phishing page attackers get access to the credentials and by using the stolen credentials they gain access to the Instagram profiles and modify the user information that requires to recover the stolen account.
Attackers use to change the username of the stolen address to indicate it is hacked and use to change the email address, again and again, to trick victim’s with security emails asking the changes were legitimate Researcher spotted a specific instant in which the hacker, “threatening to delete the account or never return the stolen profile unless the victim pays a ransom or sends nude photos or videos.”
How to safe from phishing Attacks
1) Make a unique Email address.
2) Do not click/open any attachments without proper validation.
3) Do not open emails voluntary emails.
4) Use Spam filters and Anti spam getways.
5) Never reply or clicks on any spam email.
6) Check Grammar and font styles
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