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.ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?

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How to Steal Your Data With Zip Files

Mr. Docs has shared details of a fishing technique that emulates file archive software. So you click on the link which you think is going to open a zip file. It takes you to a zip domain, which looks just like the winrar utility. And so it shows you the quote, zip contents, one of which is a PDF, which can then steal your data. Another one, he made it look like Windows file explorer. Someone also found out that if you send someone an email saying, Hey, look, the files already in your computer, you don't head just search for document.zip. When you search for it, the search results come back by opening the webpage

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