Unsubscribe Button Se Dhoka?
Socho, aapke email inbox mein kitne saare promotions, faltu ke pitches, aur financial advice bhare pade hain. Aap bas unko saaf karna chahte ho, delete karne mein time waste nahi karna chahte. Phir aap “unsubscribe” button dabaate ho. Lekin ek second mein, aap ek bure website par pahunch jaate ho aur ek hacker aapke phone mein malware install karne ya phishing attack karne ki koshish karta hai. Sawal yeh hai: Aap “unsubscribe” link par bharosa kyun karenge agar aap sender par bharosa nahi karte?
644 Mein Se Ek Unsubscribe Button Hai Khatarnak
Aapko nahi karna chahiye! The Wall Street Journal ki ek report ke anusar, DNSFilter ki investigation mein pata chala hai ki har 644 unsubscribe button clicks mein se ek aapko dangerous websites par le jaata hai. Email validation, jo spammer ko batata hai ki ek mailbox active hai, malware installation, aur phishing sabhi potential risks hain jab aap unsubscribe button dabaate hain.
Cyber Criminals Ka Naya Tareeka
Cyber criminals unsubscribe links ka use karke masoom users ko target kar rahe hain. In links par click karne se basically malicious actors ko pata chalta hai ki aap bot nahi balki ek real person hain, jo aapko cyber threats ke liye ek potential target banaata hai. DNSFilter ke TK Keanini ne WSJ ko bataya, “Aap apne email client ke safe environment ko chhodkar open web mein enter kar gaye hain.”
Aapke Liye Kya Khatra Hai?
Users dubious data harvesting, virus downloads, ya phishing websites ke saamne aa sakte hain. Cybercriminals fir users par aur bhi advanced scams ya social engineering attempts se attack kar sakte hain. AI firm Zenity ke co-founder Michael Bargury ne WSJ ko bataya, “Yeh aapko future mein ek bada target bana sakta hai.”
Kaise Bachein In Sab Se?
Aapke email client mein built-in “list-unsubscribe” headers ka use karein, jo aam taur par authentic emails ke top par present hote hain. Yeh email providers dwara control kiye jaate hain aur dangerous websites nahi kholte. Agar woh possible nahi hai, toh email ko spam flag karein ya future mein similar emails ko block karne ke liye ek filter set up karein. Signups ke liye throwaway ya alias emails ka use karein taki long-term inbox hygiene maintain rahe. Browser privacy add-ons, jaise Apple ka “Hide My Email” aapke address ko conceal kar sakta hai. Certain unsubscribe pages login information bhi request karte hain, jo malicious intent ka ek dead giveaway hai aur kabhi nahi karna chahiye.
