{"id":1562,"date":"2019-11-08T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clickpanda.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:38:06","slug":"3-formas-de-detectar-sitios-web-maliciosos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clickpanda.com\/en\/security\/3-ways-to-detect-malicious-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Detect Malicious Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhishing scams have raised serious concerns as cyber attackers use it to steal information by diverting users to malicious websites.\n\nThese scams use attractive advertisements as a bait that is too good to believe, while users are tricked into clicking on such advertising links and are directed to malicious websites.\n\nWith curiosity creeping in, most of us click on the malicious link or attachment, only to realize that the email containing the link\/attachment is a scam.\n\nThe result of this, is to deliver information to the malware author and thus data loss, or it could be used to find software security vulnerabilities in the computer, for the software authors to install viruses without our consent. In this article we will tell you 3 ways to detect malicious websites.\n

Verify URL and SSL Certificate<\/h2>\nOne of the first things you should do when visiting a website is to verify the URL and the presence of an SSL certificate. Secure sites generally begin with \"https:\/\/\" instead of \"http:\/\/\". The additional \"s\" indicates that the site uses a secure, encrypted connection.\n

Steps to verify the URL and SSL certificate:<\/h4>\n