Phishing site, in case you doesn’t know, are websites that are built to look identical to other popular websites — with the purpose to steal your information like passwords. For example, a website that looks a lot like PayPal was built with intention to trick users to give out their account information. They will then gain access to your account and take all your money.
McAfee SiteAdvisor have a quiz consisting of 10 questions testing how good are you in detecting phishing sites. Each one, there will be two screenshot of website and you will have to identify which is the genuine site and which is the phishing site.
Tips for the quiz
- Make sure you click on every screenshot for a larger view
- Read the content of the website and check for grammar error, phishing sites have grammar errors
- Check the website address, make sure the domain is right
- Use common sense
This is just a simple quiz, a real phishing site can be identified easily if you know what to check. The most important one is to check the domain name, if it’s right, it’s genuine - if not, good bye. It’s hard to identify by checking grammar mistakes like the quiz as most phishing sites will just copy and paste the original content of the original site. Most phishing links are spread via emails, so be careful when clicking on links in emails especially to sites like PayPal or online banking.
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Great tips! I think many people will appreaciate this…
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