[andrej770]

Originally Posted by JFreak

That would be the worst excuse of not using https in a forum with a user base this large -- and a user base that may or may not have another account somewhere else in avid.com so let's just take Jeffro's word for it and assume Avid is once again taking a look into this...

Those “Secure” symbols don’t guarantee a website is safe from all threats. A phishing site, for example, can legitimately display that comforting green lock next to its https address.

Phishers make active use of this: According to Phishlabs, a quarter of all phishing attacks today are carried out on HTTPS sites (two years ago it was less than 1 percent). Moreover, more than 80 percent of users believe that the mere presence of a little green lock and the word “Secure” next to the URL means the site is safe, and they don’t think too hard before entering their data.

Don’t be lulled into thinking https is the answer, it’s just a step but also a step phishers have already moved beyond.

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/https...afe/20725/amp/


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