The Vietnam Cyber Security Monitoring Center (NCSC) said that on average, every week, the unit records more than 200 cases of fraud reported by Vietnamese Internet users through the system. inform the address https://canhbao.khonggianmang.vn/.
Notably, fake websites of famous e-commerce platforms and banks are popping up. These websites are set up to carry out fraudulent activities, collect personal information, and misappropriate assets.
According to NCSC, the financial and banking industry is currently the main target of fraudulent attacks, followed by the retail-commerce industry and fake functional agencies.
List of some fake websites.
Normally, many mobile users will receive continuous messages containing links leading to the websites of banks or electronic payment services. The message content is usually related to advertising programs, winning prizes, instructions for upgrading card limits… then leads users to access links with domain names similar to the websites of banks.
When users click on the fake link, they will see a website with an interface similar to the banks’ website. In case users think it is the real website, enter the username, password, OTP code… These are confidential information that has been collected and exploited by fraudsters to misappropriate assets.
Regarding fake websites of banks or e-wallets, the Information Security Department (Ministry of Information and Communications) advises people to pay attention.
First, the URL in the address bar of the browser must start with “https://” and have a padlock icon in the address bar (the padlock must appear in the browser address bar, not in the content of the website). This is a sign that the website has been protected by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) – an encryption protocol that ensures secure information exchange through a trusted SSL certificate.
If the phrase “https://” turns red and the padlock icon is crossed out, it means that the website the user is accessing is using an expired SSL certificate or issued by an untrusted source.
In addition, the most common top-level domains (TLD) that users are familiar with, such as generic top-level domains (gTLD): .com, .net…; or country-code top-level domains (ccTLD): .vn, .cn… will usually be safer than URLs with unfamiliar TLDs. However, this is only a sign.
According to the Information Security Department, unreliable and insecure websites usually do not pay much attention to content, and the published information is quite careless, with many spelling mistakes… The reason is that fraudulent websites often do not have much time to review and edit content. Therefore, users need to be careful to prevent asset misappropriation by sophisticated tricks.
