{"id":264538,"date":"2023-07-21T12:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.thekernel.ua\/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-with-yubikey-on-binance"},"modified":"2024-09-17T14:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:36:50","slug":"how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-with-yubikey-on-binance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shop.thekernel.ua\/en\/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-with-yubikey-on-binance","title":{"rendered":"How to protect yourself from phishing with YubiKey on Binance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Binance is one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. With its help, you can monitor the movements of the cryptocurrency market, invest in digital assets and conduct trading operations in real time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, in order to use the platform effectively, you must first protect your accounts and wallets from potential attackers. Because the more popular the industry becomes, the more cryptocurrency fraudsters appear, who constantly develop new ways to deceive users of the exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n

How attackers can gain access to wallets<\/b><\/h2>\n

Common methods of attackers’ attacks are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Impersonating Binance employees.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Sending fake messages from law enforcement agencies. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Phishing attacks. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You should always be on the alert and be wary of any unusual messages that you did not expect to receive. <\/span><\/p>\n

    How to recognize intruders who pretend to be employees<\/b><\/h3>\n

    The first thing to remember is that employees of any company will never ask for personal information or try to contact you through unofficial channels. To communicate with Binance staff <\/span>provided chat<\/span><\/a>. Even if communication through messengers or mail is intended, you will be warned about it through official messages in your account. In any case, upon receiving a suspicious message, it is better to immediately write to the company’s support by logging in to the Binance website.<\/span><\/p>\n

    How to recognize fake messages from “law enforcement officers”<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Usually, fraudsters pretending to be law enforcement officers try to get you to do something quickly and without thinking by threatening to block your account. For example, they may say that funds came into your account from suspicious sources, so a money laundering investigation has begun. Then, under this pretext, they can request your confidential data, or ask to transfer some amount of funds to supposedly confirm your identity or hide all the money “in a more reliable wallet”.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In fact, law enforcement officials will not contact you by mail or call you about this, nor will they ask for passwords or PINs. Do not respond to such messages, rather check the official messages from the company immediately or contact Binance support to make sure that your wallets have not been seized.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What are phishing attacks and how to protect against them<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Phishing attacks or phishing are one of the means of influence by attackers using social engineering. The main goal of scammers is to obtain sensitive information: full username, password, two-factor authentication code, PIN, etc. In order to obtain this data, an attacker can impersonate another person or send fake \u2013 fake official \u2013 forms to fill out and malware. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Examples of phishing attacks:<\/span><\/p>\n