How instragram accounts are Hacked !
Instagram and Facebook Phishing: How to Prevent It and What to Do If It Happens to You.
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Instagram Phishing:-
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Phishing is the most popular way to hack Instagram accounts, because, according to the hackers themselves, it’s the easiest! Instagram Phishers simply create a fake login page that looks just like the one on the “real” Instagram. Hackers create this spoofed login page through fake apps promising to help manage Instagram users’ accounts and use free hosting and paid accounts to place it on public servers. Some will even email out the link from the fake Instagram login page and ask for your updated information. When you log on with your username and password, BAM they have your credentials!
Phished Instagram accounts can lead the hackers to victims’ other online accounts, especially if these accounts share usernames and passwords. All of this stolen, confidential information can then be monetized and sold on the Dark Web.
And what’s worse, victims won’t even know they’ve been hit, because the spoofed page will redirect the victim back to the “real” Instagram like nothing ever happened. Crazy right?
How Can Instagram Phishers Control Your Account?
By getting your Instagram user id and password they can Open your account and watch your activities and Can message anyone on behalf of you . !!
Owning Mode, on the other hand, is where a hacker totally “owns” the IG account: altering details and deleting information to make it more difficult for the real owner to recover their account. Effectively, the account will belong to the hacker. If the account has many followers, hackers might sell them. Otherwise, a hacker will hack the victim’s friends’ accounts using the account that was just hacked. Hackers say that it is easy to imitate a person once they have taken over their account, so they will reach out to their followers to steal more information!
How to Recover Your Hacked Account
“White Hats,” former malicious hackers “gone good,” have given us a few points to keep in mind during the recovery process, stating that it can take weeks to recover an account, because the hackers will immediately change the email, username and everything on the account to take full control. Here are steps to get back on the ‘gram:
If you fall victim to Instagram phishing, there is a chance your username or email address associated with the account has been changed. If this is the case, in your Instagram app there is an option to “get help signing in” below log in. Instagram has provided additional steps for regaining access to your account , Take the help of Instagram support.
How to Prevent Instagram Phishing
The first premise of how to prevent Instagram phishing, or phishing attacks of any kind for that matter, is to be smart about how you treat your social media accounts. This relates to all platforms and apps that you connect to and that you give personal information and access to your data. Here are some basics to keep in mind?
* Before giving authorization to any kind of app, first read the permissions. Sometimes the permissions are broad and apps can have poor security. As a result, it might be possible for hackers gain all your personal information and passwords through the app.
* Keep the 2-step verification always turned on. It will prevent the hackers from accessing your account even if they know the password.
* Never authorize any suspicious apps and never use bots such as auto-follow services that promise to increase follower account or add comments to posts!
* Whether you’re interested in Instagram-specific apps or any apps of any kind, make sure you only download apps from trusted developers, ideally ones listed under Editor’s Choice or marked Top Developer. Additionally, don’t pay too close attention to an app with scores of positive reviews as these could be fake.
--- By Abhisek R Sarda
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Note :- All information Given here is based on true research 😺😺.
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