Phishing
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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
If you have been attacked in steam by a phisher common reasons are;
- Owning expensive and desired in-game items such as unusuals
- Posting trades on external trading webpages like TF2 Outpost
- Bad luck
How to identify a phishing attack
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. If a website requests a steam username and password make sure it is a steam login
- https://steamcommunity.com
- https://steampowered.com
- https://store.steampowered.com
- https://support.steampowered.com
All steam logins begin with one of those four domain names.
Video Guide; how to identify an phishing attack
How to protect your account
Protecting your account is very simple
- Enable steam guard
- Do not open unknown links from untrusted users
- Be very careful when signing into trading or other websites that require steam username and password
- If you think you have been phished, change your account password and DE-authorize all other computers
- Never give anyone your password
Anti-Phishing plugin
The plugin used in the video can be found here http://jes.re/suite
More information
More information about phishing can be found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing More information about trading can be found trading
