Khalil Shreateh specializes in cybersecurity, particularly as a "white hat" hacker. He focuses on identifying and reporting security vulnerabilities in software and online platforms, with notable expertise in web application security. His most prominent work includes discovering a critical flaw in Facebook's system in 2013. Additionally, he develops free social media tools and browser extensions, contributing to digital security and user accessibility.

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Learn how attacker [hackers/Spammers] will fake links to let you open them .

PLEASE DO NOT USE THOSE TRICKS TO HARM USERS


 

	 	 

Explain ?


Lets say that faking links is like eating salt thinking it is suger,
for example you might see a link which is :

http://khalil-shreateh.com/

but when you click that linking , thinking that you will visit my website,
you will be surprised when you opened http://facebook.com/khalil.shr . 

In this case a lot of users will not open strange links, but they will 
open links such as http://www.google.com

Why the attacker would fake a link ?


An attacker may fake a link for you , to let you trust and open that link.
And that for : 

- Stealing your credentials .
- Spaming for benefits , such as increasing facebook page likes/fans..etc

- Collecting private informations .

- Making Money .

	 

Lets see together three fake links on facebook 

Faking Tags : 

 
 
As you see in the above picture a post i made on facebook that saying
" good morning from palestine " . 

If you clicked that post you will be redirect to my facebook account
http://facebook.com/khalil.iz.sh

Post Link : https://www.facebook.com/10152228945953885


An attacker may use this trick to increase a profile followers . 





Faking any link inside facebook

This Video Explains The Trick :
 
 
 
 
 

Faking Facebook Payment For Facebook Pages : 

 
 
Here an attacker may fake facebook payment to make or steal money,
we know that every one looks for changing his facebook page name ,
so in this link you will see a message asking you to pay some money
in order to let you change your facebook page name .
 
 
 

Note that facebook will never ask you to transfer money , they have a self build online payment . 

 
 
To test the trick , change the red number [582109601810429] which is
my page id on facebook , to your facebook page id . 
 

https://m.facebook.com/pages/edit/info/582109601810429?updateMessage=In%20order%20to%20update%20Info%20of%20your%20page,%20according%20to%20new%20policies.%20%20You%20have%20to%20deposit%2050$%20USD%20in%20Paypal%27s%This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
 
Visit the link after you change 582109601810429 



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