Since 2017 Google has taken steps to report websites that do not have the HTTPS protocol i.e. site secure web. There have been several inconveniences due to the lack of encrypting the information of a website, because of this we find malicious users who impersonate web pages. When you enter your data to pages that do not have this protocol, you are at risk of being stolen by these unsecured pages making you believe that you are paying to a reliable website.
I will explain how you can avoid being a victim of cyber attacks and protect your website from malware, infected files, phishing, among others.
How to protect my website?
One of the ways to keep your website secure is by hiring an SSL certificate, these offer you tools to protect your information and that of your customers. They encrypt the data that your customers enter in your personal data form and bank accounts, it becomes a communication between the user and the server.
This security measure will also prevent Google from reporting your website as "unsafe website".
There are several ways to have a phishing threat, with the famous pop-up window, sending an email and the simulation of a public entity. In this case you receive an email where they pretend to be a company to have your data, what they indicate is that it is for security reasons, updates to improve the service or surveys where they force you to put your data.
But how to avoid them?
The way to avoid these threats is to ignore these emails, calls and text messages, public or private companies never request personal data by these means, because they already have them. It is advisable to look for the domain name in the address bar, this way only the page you are looking for will appear.
This system was implemented to prevent such malicious users from continuing to impersonate companies or websites, it is not only a problem for the owners of these companies, but for Google as well. This is why Google gives priority and importance to websites that use the SSL protocol.
It is important to note that hosting providers are not in charge of reporting these sites or are the cause of these failures, as they are not the ones blocking these pages.
When your website has Phishing is because Google has already reported your website, it is convenient to make backups constantly. If you are not an expert in this subject it is advisable to contact your hosting provider to restore your website with a last backup and install an SSL certificate.
What is phishing about?
Most likely you have come across websites that have phishing ads or you have seen pages that have a warning that says "Website not secure" this is because the owner of that website has not implemented security for their website. This generates many inconveniences because you are going to add or view a page with the risk that it is already spoofed. For example if it is a page to buy products and you are willing to enter your personal data and the payment method is with credit or debit cards, the chances of being stolen on the Internet will be very large.
It is a form of cyber fraud that deals when an Internet fraudster pretends to be a public entity or legitimate person, in order to obtain personal data, bank accounts, passwords, debit or credit card numbers, among other personal data.
As mentioned above, these users impersonate the image of a website, thus deceiving the user or visitor into believing that where they enter their data is a secure form and corresponds to the real site.
The way to fall easily, is through emails, where they tell you to confirm your data to proceed with the purchase or confirm data from a registration you have made recently, often these emails bring a link that comes with a virus. This virus is stored in your computer and captures all the information that you are going to add soon in any web site or in your computer. The link also takes you to a fake web page that looks like the real one where you are still asked to enter your personal data.
It is very important that you take into account the mail that comes to you, these scammers are very ingenious you may be getting emails from companies name, but you must rectify that there are no numbers in that mail that look like letters, they use substitutions as instead of the "O" they can use a "0" or a "1" instead of an "L".
How do I know that a website is secure?
To recognize a secure web site is very simple, the secure web pages in its URL have the HTTPS protocol, in some occasions the search bar is placed in green and in the left part a padlock appears, which means that this page handles a SSL certificate that encrypts the information that you are going to add in the web page, the communication becomes between the server and the person who will buy or add data.
In this image that I indicate you will be able to understand a little more how to identify these safe and not safe sites, you will see that it is not complex to distinguish.
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