- Researchers warn against the “unsubscribe here” button in spam emails
- They can be used to redirect victims to malicious pages
- There are other ways to get rid of spam, so users must be on their care
If you have received a spam email with an “unsubscribe here” button, do not rely on that – it could do more harm than good.
It is according to TK Keanini, CTO of Dnsfilter, who recently revealed that pressing it on such a button away the recipient from the security of the messaging customer and in an open internet, where the potentially malicious destination pages are hidden.
In fact, Keanini says that a click on 644 can lead to a malicious website.
How to unsubscribe then?
Even if clicking on the button does not lead directly to a phishing page, other more subtle risks are also hidden.
Keanini says that the hackers often grew this button just to see who clicks – which would also help them determine which email addresses are active and therefore deserve to target more.
The general rule seems to be – if you do not trust the company that has sent e -mail, do not trust the unsubscribe process either.
So what is the alternative? The alternative is to unsubscribe via the messaging client himself, rather than via the body of the email.
Most email customers have “reduction lists”, which appear in the form of integrated buttons and therefore do not include the source code, said Tom’s guide. “If your messaging header does not contain a link, you can answer on your spam filters or try instead of the sender in a blacklist,” said the publication.
Those who do not have these options can use disposable email addresses when registering for different services. Most messaging service providers also allow users to create disposable email addresses. For example, Gmail has a feature called “plus addness” or “gmail alias”, which allow users to modify their address by adding A + and a tag before the address @ gmail.com.
In this way, the e-mail address used during registration could be your [email protected]. Messages will always arrive in the reception box, but they can be easily followed or filtered.
Via Wall Street Journal
