There are many tricks and strategies that hackers use to steal our information and access our accounts. They may use methods to collect data that allow them to obtain access credentials. They also use malware capable of recording keystrokes, for example. But in this article we echo the large number of fake login pages . We will also give some tips to avoid being victims.
Over 50,000 fake login pages this year
In the first half of the year, according to a report that we echo, more than 50,000 login pages have been detected that are fraudulent. These are sites that actually seek to steal data, access user accounts.
This report has been made by Ironscales . They have detected this large number of fake sites that are used to carry out Phishing attacks. It should be noted that many of the most important brands worldwide are part of the list of these fake pages. But in addition, they saw that 5% of the total, or 2,500, could be used to log in to multiple sites at the same time. All this fraudulently, of course.
The goal of hackers is none other than to develop Phishing attacks . Steal the information necessary to enter legitimate sites, impersonating the victim.
If we mention the most important pages that have been attacked, PayPal is the main one with no less than 11,000 fake sites. It is followed by Microsoft with 9,500 and Facebook with 7,000. They are the most supplanted sites during these first months of the year.
How to recognize fraudulent sites and avoid problems
Without a doubt, the most important thing is common sense. It is vital to know everything that surrounds that site where we are going to try to log in to determine if it may be a danger or not. Therefore we must take into account some factors to control it.
- How we have accessed the site : a first step is to analyze how we have reached that website. We may have entered from a third-party link or that we received by e-mail. This could be a threat. You always have to go directly to the official site in your browser.
- Appearance of that page : the appearance of the page can give us clues that something is wrong. It could indicate that we are really facing a scam. For example images it shows, menu settings, etc.
However, it is also essential to avoid problems. It is not enough just to recognize fraudulent sites, but also to take measures so that our account is not compromised.
- Activate two-step authentication : of course this is an important point. Activating two-step authentication could prevent possible intruders from entering our accounts even with the access code.
- Quickly change the password in case of problems : in case we have fallen into the trap, that we have exposed our keys, the first thing we have to do is quickly change those passwords.