{"id":13683,"date":"2022-10-14T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/2022\/10\/14\/how-to-deal-with-suspicious-links-and-files-tips-from-the-state-service-of-special-communications-of-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T06:19:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T06:19:50","slug":"how-to-deal-with-suspicious-links-and-files-tips-from-the-state-service-of-special-communications-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/2022\/10\/14\/how-to-deal-with-suspicious-links-and-files-tips-from-the-state-service-of-special-communications-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deal with suspicious links and files &#8211; tips from the State Service of Special Communications of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The easiest way to spread malware or direct a user to a website that steals personal data is to send an email with a virus attachment or phishing link.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/dsszzi_official\/4917\">has reminded<\/a> that cybercriminals can send letters with malicious content to emails, private messages on social networks and messengers, SMS, chats, etc.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>&#8220;A post with a link to a fraudulent website can even be posted in a local news outlet or group. In such cases, speculations on social benefits allegedly from the state for internally displaced persons and Ukrainians who suffered during the war are often used<\/em>,&#8221; the State Special Communications Service warned.<\/p>\n\n<p>1.To avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime, you need to:<\/p>\n\n<p>2. Use information only from official, verified sources:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>verified pages (with a blue tick) of public authorities in social networks;<\/li><li>websites of public authorities, whose addresses must end in &#8220;gov.ua&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>3. Carefully check the recipient and content of messages:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>do not follow links or download files from strangers;<\/li><li>verify the information received in the notification in other sources and on the official pages of government agencies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>4. Do not enter any personal data unless you are sure that the site is secure. Remember that https at the beginning of a website address indicates a secure connection, while http is not secure, meaning that data and passwords can be stolen.<\/p>\n\n<p>5. Download only licensed software and applications from official developer websites. There are free licensed alternatives to overly expensive programs.<\/p>\n\n<p>6. Check chatbots with a <a href=\"https:\/\/dovidka.info\/botchecker\/\">bot checker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>7. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/cert.gov.ua\/\">CERT-UA<\/a> notifications about the spread of malware and online fraud.<br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to spread malware or direct a user to a website that steals personal data is to send [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_eb_data_table":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1279],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/depositphotos_27181715_xl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13684,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13683\/revisions\/13684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infolight.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}