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titleImportant Tips if a Website is not Secure
  • Do not log in to the into a website unless you trust it. Please make sure that the website is also legitimate , by following the tips listed in the "Is the Website Legitimate?" section of this article.
  • If you do not feel comfortable logging in to into the website, do not log in.
  • If you logged in to the into a site, be sure to log out as soon as you're finished on the websiteusing it.

 

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titleCommon Web Domains

Some common web domains are:

  • .com
  • .net
  • .org
  • .gov (only for official government websites)

If a website does not have one of these domains, it may not be secure or legitimate. This does not mean that websites with these domains are always secure or legitimate, these are only commonly used domains. International sites will often have a domain for their country (such as .uk).

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titleAre all secure websites legitimate?

No. Some sites will behave and look like a legitimate site, when in fact they are used to lure visitors to enter sensitive data. One example of these sorts of activities is a "man-in-the-middle attack." In this scenario, the an attacker sets up a site that looks like its legitimate counterpart (such as a banking site), however. However, the site is designed to have the victim enter sensitive data (such as passwords, SSNS, etc) for the attacker to gather. For more information on man-in-the-middle attacks, feel free to please read TechTarget's article.

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