Here's a new social engineering technique for getting backlinks into a site to be aware of (not that SN listeners themselves would fall to this, but their friends and family may be),
In the past, spammers attempted to insert backlinks through comments. Nowadays there's a new technique:
Example of letter: https://t.co/P0sgEoyHpE
Example of fictitious lawyer: https://t.co/pSrH8DVyGQ
And the original tweet by "The Solid Lady" that reported this: (the tweet is in Hebrew)
Regards, /d
p.s. I sent it initially as a DM to Steve but since there's good chance he won't see it, I am posting it here too for people's awareness.
In the past, spammers attempted to insert backlinks through comments. Nowadays there's a new technique:
- Find a site that uses royalty-free images
- Impersonate a lawyer's office and send an email to the website owners, stating that the photo actually "belongs" to their client and that if within 5 days "credit with link" is not added to the client's website, a lawsuit will be filed (as if there is already a case number ready).
- Oh, and of course, "we emphasize that removing the image will not solve the issue".
Example of letter: https://t.co/P0sgEoyHpE
Example of fictitious lawyer: https://t.co/pSrH8DVyGQ
And the original tweet by "The Solid Lady" that reported this: (the tweet is in Hebrew)
Regards, /d
p.s. I sent it initially as a DM to Steve but since there's good chance he won't see it, I am posting it here too for people's awareness.
