{"id":1116,"date":"2013-03-07T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.funio.com\/en\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2013-06-27T16:03:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T20:03:39","slug":"recognizing-phishing-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funio.com\/en\/2013\/03\/recognizing-phishing-attempts\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing Phishing Attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have noticed yesterday that several of our customers received Phishing emails attempting to get them to enter their access credentials to a fake Customer Hub.<\/p>\n

Funio, like any company with a secure website, is occasionally the subject of phishing scams that aim to trick its customers into giving personal through email or on an unsecured website.<\/p>\n

Phishing<\/h3>\n

Phishing emails will usually ask to send personal information in an email reply, or link you to an illegitimate website that looks like the real thing. Then they often try to trick you into entering personal and secure information in a login page.<\/p>\n

Protect Yourself : Be Vigilant<\/h3>\n

In order to protect yourself from phishing scams, there are many things you can examine to ensure you are dealing with a legitimate authority and not fraudulent entities.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Before entering your username and password, make sure that you are in a secured page. You can identify if a site is secure by looking at the site’s address (URL) that would start with “https:\/\/” instead of “http:\/\/”, and verifying it contains the image of a padlock. Credible sites always use an SSL certificate to encrypt data transmitted through a form.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Identify the domain name of the website that you are visiting. The domain name is always located before the first “\/”, excluding the ones after http. For example, in the URL http:\/\/abc.123.xyz.456.funio.com\/test\/, the domain name is “funio.com”. By using this method you will know that you are located on a section of the funio.com website.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Look at the email header, reply-to address and destination of the email: is this the legitimate information from the company you deal with normally?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Do the links provided in the email look familiar?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0At Funio, we use the following standards to ensure you are dealing with us safely<\/h3>\n