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Don't fall for this devious phishing scam, Facebook users warned
A new phishing campaign is targeting the administrators of company pages on Facebook, security researchers have warned.
As reported by ZDNet, Abnormal Security has identified emails delivered to Facebook users claiming that their account will be permanently closed if an issue is not rectified urgently.
The objective of the scam is to trick people into handing over their passwords and personal information, potentially with a view to hijacking the company pages they administrate.
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False sense of urgency
First, the victim receives an email addressed from “The Facebook Teamâ€, which warns that they have repeatedly posted content that infringes on someone else’s copyright. Unless they appeal the claim immediately, their account will be closed, the victim is told.
The email carries two links: one that leads to a genuine Facebook post (probably to help bypass email protection services) and another that directs the victim to a website where they can “plead their caseâ€.Â
This malicious page isn't host to any malware, but rather asks the victim to provide personal information, including their name, email address and Facebook password.Â
Commenting on the findings, Rachelle Chouinard, Threat Intelligence Analyst at Abnormal Security, explained that it’s the false sense of urgency that catches people out.
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"This is often enough to convince recipients to provide their personal information, particularly if they are using their Facebook account for business purposes,†said Chouinard.
Even though the attackers did their best to hide the fact that the emails weren’t coming from Facebook, there are a few red flags for those with an eye for detail. For example, the sender's address is not related to the Facebook domain in any way, and pressing “reply†brings up an unrelated Gmail address.Â
The researchers also said that legitimate companies will never use language designed to spark fear in the recipient.Â
Those who still aren’t sure if something’s wrong with their account, should rather log in by typing the address directly into the browser, rather than clicking on a link. If anything indeed is wrong with the account, there will be a notification waiting on the profile page.
Via ZDNet
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26 Apr 2022Sources
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That means it could debut possibly in May or June, though Bowden reckons it’s most likely to be the latter – unless the current planned timeframe slips (which is, of course, always a possibility around launch timing).
Rumor has it that Microsoft intends to keep the pricing the same while (obviously) upgrading the hardware. In other words, the Surface Laptop Go 2 should start from $549 for the most basic version, with the pricing for upper-end models also staying the same.
What’s going on with the hardware upgrades, then? Bowden believes that the laptop will shift up a gear to Intel’s 11th-gen silicon (Core i5), with the entry-level model maintaining the same RAM and storage configuration, namely 4GB plus 64GB of eMMC.
The two higher-tier models will have the fingerprint sensor and power-up the RAM to 8GB plus storage to 128GB or 256GB respectively (SSDs, not eMMC drives), with pricing pitched at $699 and $899 just as before. If pricing stays the same in the UK and Australia, that would mean price tags of £549 / £699 / £899 and AU$999 / AU$1,249 / AU$1,549.
Analysis: If it ain’t broke, pep it up a bit
It’s exciting to hear that a next-gen Surface Laptop Go could be on the near horizon, seeing as the original laptop caused quite a splash when it landed back in October 2020. Indeed, in our review we praised it as the best Surface device Microsoft has ever made, delivering all sorts of high-quality elements – particularly that gorgeous display – as part of an affordable portable.
Performance was one of the areas where we were more critical of the original Surface Laptop Go, and stepping up to a 12th-gen Core i5 chip (from an 11th-gen) will help out on this front.
It’s also worth noting that an additional ripple in the rumor pond is that Bowden heard from one source that the entry-level Surface Laptop Go 2 might up its storage game to 128GB, which would be a very useful boost for this cheapest model. Then again, this could possibly be referring to the business-targeted version of the sequel, not the base consumer model, so take it with a particularly heavy pinch of salt.
While this is more of a minor refresh, of course, and nothing much about the overall design is supposedly going to change – save for a new color option (sage) – some pepping up on the hardware front is all that’s needed, really.
As far as the design goes, as they say, if it ain’t broke, there’s no need to fix it (although Bowden observes that a backlit keyboard might be nice, and this could yet be an upgrade Microsoft is implementing – though the low price point may yet preclude this, at the entry-level anyway).
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