Security News > 2017 > May > Number of HTTPS phishing sites triples (Help Net Security)

When, in January 2017, Mozilla and Google made Firefox and Chrome flag HTTP login pages as insecure, the intent was to make phishing pages easier to recognize, as well as push more website owners towards deploying HTTPS. But while the latter aim was achieved, and the number of phishing sites making use of HTTPS has increased noticeably, the move also had one unintended consequence: the number of phishing sites with HTTPS has increased, too. “While … More →

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