In generally, end-users won’t remember URLs. Cybercriminals find the end-user weakness and take advantage of building fake websites with extremely similar website addresses (below table) in order to trick the end-user into revealing personal or financial information, such as online bank account information & password.
Bank |
Official Website |
Fake Website |
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited |
www.bochk.com |
www.bchk.cn |
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
www.hsbc.com |
www.hkhsbc.com |
Unwire invited UDomain to share
- Tips on identifying fake websites
- How to declare your website is the official one? Any preventive measures?
- How to select the most appropriate SSL certificate and its provider?
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