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| − | '''Phishing''' is an attempt to acquire a users information such as usernames, passwords and other sensitive information by mimicking a trustworthy entity. In steam a "phisher" will try to get a users username and password to steal in-game items or obtain the users credit card information.
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| − | ==Causes of a steam phishing attack==
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| − | If you have been attacked in steam by a phisher common reasons are;
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| − | *Owning expensive and desired in-game items such as [[unusuals]]
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| − | *Posting trades on external trading webpages like TF2 Outpost
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| − | *Bad luck
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| − | ==How to identify a phishing attack==
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| − | Normally a target of a phishing attack will be sent a message that asks them to enter there username and password on a specified website. The website will most likely be a clone of a ligament steam website. DO NOT go to the website unless you trust the sender.
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| − | If a website requests a steam username and password make sure it is a steam login
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| − | *https://steamcommunity.com
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| − | *https://steampowered.com
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| − | *https://store.steampowered.com
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| − | *https://support.steampowered.com
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| − | All steam logins begin with one of those four domain names.
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| − | ===Video Guide; how to identify an phishing attack ===
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| − | {{youtube|cAvXHgXrTo4|hd=1|width=640|ratio=16x9}}
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| − | ==How to protect your account==
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| − | Protecting your account is very simple
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| − | * Enable steam guard
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| − | * Do not open unknown links from untrusted users
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| − | * Be very careful when signing into trading or other websites that require steam username and password
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| − | * If you think you have been phished, change your account password and DE-authorize all other computers
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| − | * Never give anyone your password
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| − | ==Anti-Phishing plugin==
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| − | The plugin used in the video can be found here http://jes.re/suite
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| − | ==More information==
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| − | More information about phishing can be found
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
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| − | More information about trading can be found [[trading]]
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