{"id":8491,"date":"2017-03-03T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=8491"},"modified":"2017-03-13T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:11:47","slug":"heres-need-know-spamdexing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/heres-need-know-spamdexing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What You Need to Know About Spamdexing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are phishing schemes all over the Internet. Malicious websites will utilize many different tactics to try to get in between you and your information, and your hard earned money. They can steal your financial information, personal information, location, and many other things without you even realizing it. One of the tactics they use is known as Spamdexing. It’s a method used to get their malicious websites to pop up in search engines like Google to get you to click on them.<\/p>\n

There are ways you can protect yourself from these kinds of threats, however. DFNDR\u2019s Safe Navigation feature helps prevent these types of threats from ever getting close to you and your private information. If you end up on a malicious website, or attempt to install an app that has bad intentions, you will be immediately alerted. Any potential threat or infection is immediately prevented as well. Click here to activate Safe Navigation so that your device is always protected from phishing attempts and malicious sites as you browse the Web:<\/p>\n

\"Safe<\/a><\/center>Here\u2019s How Spamdexing Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

It can sometimes be hard to spot the malicious websites because they will pose as legitimate websites, when in reality, they are the imposter. All it takes is you thinking you’re on Facebook, Twitter, or even your bank’s official website and then realizing you’ve logged onto a malicious site and they’ve snagged your credentials \u2014 or more. Spamdexing is used to get these websites to pop up when you search for the websites you’re actually attempting to go to. Google works hard to prevent illegitimate and malicious websites from doing this, but they can only catch so much every day.<\/p>\n

It can be hard to undo the damage done once you become a victim to a phishing scheme or once your mobile device is infected with malware. The hardest part is that many cybercriminals and malicious websites aren’t always detected right away \u2014 or at all. They are even smart about how they operate. Many times they will steal extremely small amounts of money from your bank account once they have your financial information, in order to avoid detection. They may steal ten cents a week; this may not sound like a lot, but they’ll try to do that to you and millions of people every week for decades. Unfortunately, that\u2019s often a more effective scam than robbing a few large amounts at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cybercriminals and malicious websites use Spamdexing to try to separate you from your private info \u2014 and money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"yoast_head":"\nHere\u2019s What You Need to Know About Spamdexing - PSafe Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s What You Need to Know About Spamdexing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/heres-need-know-spamdexing-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Here\u2019s What You Need to Know About Spamdexing - 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