How to Know if a Website is Secure? Experts Answer!

There was a time when that green little padlock in your browser basically meant you were surfing on a safe website. However, all that HTTPS means is that the connection is secure, not that that the site itself would be. These cyber security experts are here to destroy that old myth, and share some other tips regarding safe browsing.

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0:00 Why green padlock icon is not enough anymore
0:42 HTTPS vs HTTP connection
1:10 How to spot a fake website

THE INCREASINGLY PIVOTAL ROLE OF VPNS FOR PRIVACY
"The rapid expansion of HTTPS on websites is another one and the little green padlock in the browser has never been more prevalent than it is today. We now have around 20% of the world’s top 1 million websites serving their traffic over encrypted connections and that ranges from banks to news sites to adult entertainment. However, it’s here that we begin to see the cracks in the protection that encryption provides us."
blog.f-secure.com/the-increasingly-pivotal-role…

AVOIDING SKIMMERS, SCAMMERS AND CROOKS DURING HOLIDAY ONLINE SHOPPING SEASON
"Online skimmers target ecommerce sites exclusively. Pushed by a group of criminals—or a group of groups of criminals—called Magecart, digital skimmers use a simple, usually obfuscated JavaScript steals credit card information as an online shopper tries to complete a purchase. Click “Check Out” and your data will be sent to the attacker’s command-and-control server."
blog.f-secure.com/avoid-skimmers-scammers-crook…

5 WAYS TO MAKE SURE A WEBSITE IS SECURE AND PRIVATE
"How can you know if a website is secure? In the olden days of the internet—the ancient early 2010s—the common answer to this question was pretty simple: look for the little lock in the browser bar indicating the site has a security certificate. But times have changed."
blog.f-secure.com/5-ways-to-make-sure-a-website…

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