"FBI Issues Warning on 'Secure' Websites Used For Phishing"

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning pertaining to the use of TLS-secured websites by malicious actors for the performance of phishing attacks. The warning brings further attention to the false sense of security given to users by the presence of "https" and a green padlock symbol in a browser's address bar. This article continues to discuss the warning recently issued by the FBI in relation to the use of TLS-secured websites in phishing campaigns, along with recent discoveries surrounding the abuse of cloud companies' TLS certificates and recommendations to users on how to avoid being deceived by HTTPS-secured phishing landing pages.

Bleeping Computer reports "FBI Issues Warning on ‘Secure’ Websites Used For Phishing"