When you click, instead of downloading a file, your browser opens a website. This site is expertly designed to mimic the look of file-archiving software like WinRAR or Windows File Explorer.
In the age of instant downloads, we’ve all been conditioned to click. We see a link for Summer_Reading_List.zip or Ebooks.zip and our brain immediately thinks: "Ah, a folder of books." But thanks to recent changes in how the internet works, that click could be far more dangerous than you think. Ebooks.zip
Security researchers have identified a clever new phishing technique called the "File Archiver in the Browser". Here is how a typical scam might play out: When you click, instead of downloading a file,