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Reblog: Beware sexy honeybots spear phishing on social media
Original post is here eklausmeier.goip.de/blog/2013/11-22-reblog-beware-sexy-honeybots-spear-phishing-on-social-media.
Most IT people know about trojan horses, virus, worms, honeypots, etc. They know about buffer overruns, SQL injection and the like. What is probably not that well known is that even "friendships" on social networks can pose some risks: They give credibility to possibly complete fake persons, see Beware sexy honeybots spear phishing on social media (Digiphile) and Fictitious femme fatale fooled cybersecurity. Also see Wikipedia: Robin Sage.
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