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Comment reconnaitre Instagram 'fan support' / verification phish hijacking creator accounts?

En bref

Attacker DMs creators posing as Meta Verified support: 'we detected suspicious activity, click link to verify or your account will be deleted'. Phish page asks login + 2FA TOTP code (relay attack). Often hits influencers, small businesses,...

Comment ca fonctionne

Attacker DMs creators posing as Meta Verified support: 'we detected suspicious activity, click link to verify or your account will be deleted'. Phish page asks login + 2FA TOTP code (relay attack). Often hits influencers, small businesses,...

Signaux d'alerte

  • Pression urgente pour cliquer, payer ou partager des codes immediatement.
  • Lien ou expediteur qui ne correspond pas a l'organisation officielle.
  • Demande de carte, mot de passe, OTP, signature wallet ou virement.

Que faire

  1. 1Attacker DMs creators posing as Meta Verified support: 'we detected suspicious activity, click link to verify or your account will be deleted'.
  2. 2Tells: 1) DM comes from non verified Meta lookalike (no blue check); 2) urgency + threat of deletion; 3) link is meta verify help.com etc (typo squat); 4) site asks 2FA code immediately after login (real Instagram doesn't on familiar device).
  3. 3DO: only manage account via the official Instagram app; report DMs as phishing; enable hardware key 2FA.

Source

Meta-Adversarial-Threat-Report

Source verifiee par Mythos Forensic Team

https://about.fb.com/news/category/security/

FAQ

Instagram 'fan support' / verification phish hijacking creator accounts est une vraie arnaque ?

Oui. Traitez le message, l'appel ou la demande de paiement comme suspect jusqu'a verification via un canal officiel.

Quels sont les premiers signaux ?

Pression urgente pour cliquer, payer ou partager des codes immediatement.; Lien ou expediteur qui ne correspond pas a l'organisation officielle.; Demande de carte, mot de passe, OTP, signature wallet ou virement.

Que faire en premier ?

Attacker DMs creators posing as Meta Verified support: 'we detected suspicious activity, click link to verify or your account will be deleted'.; Tells: 1) DM comes from non verified Meta lookalike (no blue check); 2) urgency + threat of deletion; 3) link is meta verify help.com etc (typo squat); 4) site asks 2FA code immediately after login (real Instagram doesn't on familiar device).; DO: only manage account via the official Instagram app; report DMs as phishing; enable hardware key 2FA.

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