British NCSC Warns of Increase in Criminals Use of HTTPS Phishing Sites
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 04/12/2018
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/serve-websites-over-https-always
In December 2017, the British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wrote about criminals using SSL certificates to try to legitimize phishing websites. Recent reports have indicated 49% of phishing sites were using the padlock, up from 25% a year ago and 35% in the second quarter of 2018.
HTTPS sites are verified by TLS (previously known as SSL) Certificate Authorities and the padlock links to the certificate providers’ website. The padlock symbol indicates that the data being communicated has been encrypted.
Although individuals were historically advised to look for the padlock, the December 2017 report highlighted the padlock could no longer be trusted as this does not guarantee that the webpage is legitimate or authentic.
The recent reports have shown that this threat has increased significantly and that criminals are increasingly using legitimate means to obtain information.
[Source: NCSC]
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/serve-websites-over-https-always
In December 2017, the British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wrote about criminals using SSL certificates to try to legitimize phishing websites. Recent reports have indicated 49% of phishing sites were using the padlock, up from 25% a year ago and 35% in the second quarter of 2018.
HTTPS sites are verified by TLS (previously known as SSL) Certificate Authorities and the padlock links to the certificate providers’ website. The padlock symbol indicates that the data being communicated has been encrypted.
Although individuals were historically advised to look for the padlock, the December 2017 report highlighted the padlock could no longer be trusted as this does not guarantee that the webpage is legitimate or authentic.
The recent reports have shown that this threat has increased significantly and that criminals are increasingly using legitimate means to obtain information.
[Source: NCSC]
