Phishing sites trick users with fake HTTPS padlock

Posted on November 28, 2018

Half of all phishing sites now have padlocks, but are anything but secure

Originally published in TechRadar

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"The padlock icon next to a web address used to let users know that a site is legitimate and secure but now new research from PhishLabs suggests that this is no longer the case as have of all phishing scams are now hosted on websites that have the padlock and begin with HTTPS."

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