{"id":231,"date":"2023-03-20T08:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T08:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/?p=231"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T11:37:45","slug":"real-vs-fake-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/2023\/03\/20\/real-vs-fake-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Real vs Fake sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While there are unfortunately a large number of people who will unknowingly click on obvious malicious links from shady sources, there is a much larger number that will click the link and enter in their info if the source looks legitimate. Below are some examples of fake websites vs real ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" width=\"566\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-7.png 755w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-7-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-7-600x378.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a fake Amazon website designed to steal your information, as shown in red, the website is purposely misspelled (an extra n) and the &#8220;sign in&#8221; screen is only there to steal your amazon username and password data.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" width=\"768\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-600x293.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8-945x461.png 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-8.png 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a real Amazon website. It has the correct spelling, and the correct sign-in bar, with terms of condition, help, condition of use, and even the year that amazon has made it&#8217;s debut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-234\" width=\"768\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-600x374.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9-945x590.png 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-9.png 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is an example of a fraudulent facebook website. Similar to the previous one, this search bar is completely incorrect. Naturally, the login page is displayed as a means to rope you into submitting your sensitive data.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" width=\"768\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-1536x1089.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-600x425.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10-945x670.png 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-10.png 1942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is the real facebook login,  with the correct url, all the services included within, and much more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" width=\"768\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-600x355.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11-945x559.png 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32213\/2023\/04\/image-11.png 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a fake version of obs studio obviously due to the url. Unfortunately clicking the download links before figuring out this is a scam will plague your computer with nasty viruses. The real one looks identical, just without the wrong url.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there are unfortunately a large number of people who will unknowingly click on obvious malicious links from shady sources, there is a much larger number that will click the link and enter in their info if the source looks&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/2023\/03\/20\/real-vs-fake-sites\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25214,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cguiscyse201s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}