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𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

With technology advancing every day, cybercriminals are getting smarter and more personal. Instead of hacking into complex systems, they hack our emotions and trust, this is known as Social Engineering.

𝟯 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲

𝟭. 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 & 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸: Never act on impulse, no matter how urgent the situation seems.

𝟮. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆: Contact the person or institution directly using an official contact method, not the link or number provided in the message.

𝟯. 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: Legitimate companies and platforms will never ask for your passwords or one-time verification codes over the phone or via text.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: Your strongest firewall isn't made of code, it's a security-first mindset.

👉 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Cyveer - Cybersecurity Awareness & Resources for more insightful content on 🔐Cybersecurity, 🛡 GRC, 🥷 Ethical Hacking, and 🚀 Career Development.

You aren’t tricking Facebook with the “copy-and-paste” bypass-the-system thing. In fact, you are reinforcing it: your feed shows more posts from friends when you interact with their posts. If you like or comment on a friend’s post, FB shows you more of those posts as opposed to posts from friends you might not interact with as much. If a certain FB friend is missing from your feed…go out of your way, visit their FB page and like or comment on one of their posts.

'Here's How To Bypass the System' Post Is a Facebook Hoax The Facebook hoax that never ends often brings a fair share of users who misunderstand the platform and claim, "It works!"

There’s a lot of low-down scammers out there who want to trick you out of your money. Don’t be a pig in some scammer’s story…no one’s going to contact you unexpectedly with The Next Big Investment Opportunity. Get an investment advisor with a known and reputable firm and protect your portfolio!

What’s a Pig Butchering Scam? Here’s How to Avoid Falling Victim to One. Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them. Here’s a guide to spotting the telltale signs.