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Blocking two phishing websites with fake URLs


According to the financial monetary news quoted by the public relations of Bank Melli Iran, after reviewing the received reports and conducting the necessary investigations, the issue of fake websites was reported to the Presidential Strategic Management Center (Security of production space and information exchange) and now the address These fakes are no longer available.
Bank Melli Iran asks its esteemed customers to be aware of the possibility of abuse by profiteers by increasing their knowledge in using electronic and internet services.
Phishing means to simulate parts of a commonly known or popular website. It is also an example of a social engineering technique that can be used to mislead the user and obtain personal information. In this technique, the fishers start their work by designing a site similar to the banks’ online payment site, and after this stage, they force their victims to enter their confidential information in the mentioned sites in various ways.
It should be noted that one of the safety features to distinguish a reputable site from a fake page is the presence of a small security lock in the address bar, especially on banking sites. The next point is the URL of the site, which must use the SSL security protocol or //: https. Electronic payment gateways of banks are a subset of Shaparak and there must be a suffix or prefix in the address. Also, the site address must be from the ir domain, and phishing sites usually have different other domains.

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