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Unexpected bank messages deserve a second check before any action. 🚨
Instead of using a link or number inside an unexpected message, open your banking app directly or contact the institution through an official channel.
Share this habit with someone close to you. 🔐
#BankSafety #PhishingAwareness #FraudAwareness #CyberSafety #SourceLess
Instead of using a link or number inside an unexpected message, open your banking app directly or contact the institution through an official channel.
Share this habit with someone close to you. 🔐
#BankSafety #PhishingAwareness #FraudAwareness #CyberSafety #SourceLess
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(On this day
7 years ago)
I use FIREFOX browser and NORTON Anti-Virus (and a few free/subscription AVs just to periodically check on pc-health/vulnerability, etc,) -but recently was alerted (by a Firefox security monitoring extension) that one of my current eMail accounts has recently been shown on ' the dark web .'
Cited were some web-hosting sites that have shared/been hacked that I've used, years ago, and that thousands, even MILLIONS of user's eMail, passwords and 'other data' were stolen and being sold on said 'dark web.'
Needless to say, I scrambled to change and heavily obfuscate all my passwords on every current account. My passwords are typically very, very difficult anyway (I used to be an avid #LINUX user so character-heavy passwords were not unfamiliar to me.)
Well, within days of this Firefox extension 'warning' me of this breach, I began gettting dozens and dozens of spammy eMails on that particular eMail account. -Viagra, Cialis, Hot Brazilian Chics, Asian Babes, hot naughty chat, -- shit like that.
Well, I created a new personal eMail account to be rid of spammy eMails like this and for this past week, have been re-populating my Contacts, Subscriptions, etc. therein. All with the intent to CANCEL the 'compromised' account/s.
Tonight just for shits-n-giggles, I signed into an old 'semi-disposable' eMail account that I created back in 2015 during my web-page building/beta-testing period and have not used since circa late 2017, -among the maybe one-hundred plus 'spammy' commercial posts that have accumulated, was an actual THREAT from a hacker!
In the lengthy message, s/he showed an actual PASSWORD that I used to use from that dedicated-use account (a password that was changed by me almost two years ago, apparently AFTER the site I used it on was 'hacked'!) and his 'threat' further fell apart when his 'demand' for $800 in #BitCoin **** ( Depending on when in 2015 you made the purchase, $800 would have bought between 1.74 BTC and 5 BTC ) **** to be deposited into the provided BitCoin wallet provided with his claim to have 'recorded' me via my webcam in '...compromising sexual acts' and would post this (non-existent!) video on social media if I fail to pay-up! (My webcam is and always has been heavily taped-over, -no video is or ever was possible!) And really? I'd be about as scared if he claimed to have 'actual video' of me on a grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963... So, a great big fat FUCK YOU to that exaggerated threat!
I have staged for deletion my 'affected' eMails accounts (and created new, heavily secured 2-step authorization passcodes to further thwart future hack attempts) and with that, -a generic WARNING to you all:
-Treat your password/s like your toothbrush: don't let anyone else use yours and get a NEW one every 6 months... especially this, CREATE A NEW PASSWORD EVERY SIX MONTHS (or oftener if you can deal with it.)
This (hopefully!) has saved me from a very real hacking threat...
#hacker #scammer #phishing #phishingawareness
7 years ago)
I use FIREFOX browser and NORTON Anti-Virus (and a few free/subscription AVs just to periodically check on pc-health/vulnerability, etc,) -but recently was alerted (by a Firefox security monitoring extension) that one of my current eMail accounts has recently been shown on ' the dark web .'
Cited were some web-hosting sites that have shared/been hacked that I've used, years ago, and that thousands, even MILLIONS of user's eMail, passwords and 'other data' were stolen and being sold on said 'dark web.'
Needless to say, I scrambled to change and heavily obfuscate all my passwords on every current account. My passwords are typically very, very difficult anyway (I used to be an avid #LINUX user so character-heavy passwords were not unfamiliar to me.)
Well, within days of this Firefox extension 'warning' me of this breach, I began gettting dozens and dozens of spammy eMails on that particular eMail account. -Viagra, Cialis, Hot Brazilian Chics, Asian Babes, hot naughty chat, -- shit like that.
Well, I created a new personal eMail account to be rid of spammy eMails like this and for this past week, have been re-populating my Contacts, Subscriptions, etc. therein. All with the intent to CANCEL the 'compromised' account/s.
Tonight just for shits-n-giggles, I signed into an old 'semi-disposable' eMail account that I created back in 2015 during my web-page building/beta-testing period and have not used since circa late 2017, -among the maybe one-hundred plus 'spammy' commercial posts that have accumulated, was an actual THREAT from a hacker!
In the lengthy message, s/he showed an actual PASSWORD that I used to use from that dedicated-use account (a password that was changed by me almost two years ago, apparently AFTER the site I used it on was 'hacked'!) and his 'threat' further fell apart when his 'demand' for $800 in #BitCoin **** ( Depending on when in 2015 you made the purchase, $800 would have bought between 1.74 BTC and 5 BTC ) **** to be deposited into the provided BitCoin wallet provided with his claim to have 'recorded' me via my webcam in '...compromising sexual acts' and would post this (non-existent!) video on social media if I fail to pay-up! (My webcam is and always has been heavily taped-over, -no video is or ever was possible!) And really? I'd be about as scared if he claimed to have 'actual video' of me on a grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963... So, a great big fat FUCK YOU to that exaggerated threat!
I have staged for deletion my 'affected' eMails accounts (and created new, heavily secured 2-step authorization passcodes to further thwart future hack attempts) and with that, -a generic WARNING to you all:
-Treat your password/s like your toothbrush: don't let anyone else use yours and get a NEW one every 6 months... especially this, CREATE A NEW PASSWORD EVERY SIX MONTHS (or oftener if you can deal with it.)
This (hopefully!) has saved me from a very real hacking threat...
#hacker #scammer #phishing #phishingawareness
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🔐 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭.
📊 In February, Web3 platforms faced $𝟏.𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, according to 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴.
🧨 15 major hacks.
🎣 Over 7,400 people fell victim to phishing attacks.
💸 $5.32 million lost - mainly through smart contract flaws, private key leaks, and social engineering.
We’re sharing this because awareness is protection.
Being part of the SourceLess ecosystem means also being connected to a network built for resilience.
🔒 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭:
🔗 Blockchain-backed identity
📡 SLNN Mesh private network
🧠 ARES Ai support + STR Talk encrypted comms
📚 Constant education around digital threats
🧬 Multi-layered systems with zero tolerance for compromise
We’ve also recently published 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 - so you know who’s real and who’s not.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬.
#SourceLess #STRDomains #Web3Security #PhishingAwareness #SLNNMesh #DigitalIdentity #DecentralizedWeb #ARESai
📊 In February, Web3 platforms faced $𝟏.𝟔𝟖𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, according to 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴.
🧨 15 major hacks.
🎣 Over 7,400 people fell victim to phishing attacks.
💸 $5.32 million lost - mainly through smart contract flaws, private key leaks, and social engineering.
We’re sharing this because awareness is protection.
Being part of the SourceLess ecosystem means also being connected to a network built for resilience.
🔒 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭:
🔗 Blockchain-backed identity
📡 SLNN Mesh private network
🧠 ARES Ai support + STR Talk encrypted comms
📚 Constant education around digital threats
🧬 Multi-layered systems with zero tolerance for compromise
We’ve also recently published 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 - so you know who’s real and who’s not.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬.
#SourceLess #STRDomains #Web3Security #PhishingAwareness #SLNNMesh #DigitalIdentity #DecentralizedWeb #ARESai
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