How to identify fake login pages to avoid phishing

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posthead" style="background-color: white; clear: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;"> <h1 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> <br /></h1> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbHmpvvX-xhNtQJbXl4MbXcw525xesC5b7seNvR4dVIQULh7rGCjJr-SgzvKT4zKpg7lRh3avKuXkBVKwyGwcalG3Nfh1doARC3y0xeGhgtLUy-ppVGT77-oFgSTJbMI230HMoJwLpq_1/s1600/fake.png" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbHmpvvX-xhNtQJbXl4MbXcw525xesC5b7seNvR4dVIQULh7rGCjJr-SgzvKT4zKpg7lRh3avKuXkBVKwyGwcalG3Nfh1doARC3y0xeGhgtLUy-ppVGT77-oFgSTJbMI230HMoJwLpq_1/s320/fake.png" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="320" /></a></div> <h1 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> </h1> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> <div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> <br /><br />In my previous post i have explained how to hack a gmail account using phishing. You can read it from<a href="http://hackinginception.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-hack-gmail-using-phishing.html" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; text-decoration: none;"> here</a>.<br />Today i am going to show you how to identify fake login pages.<br /><br />These phishing attacks are very simple to avoid.<br />When you are asked to put your confidential data in any website or login pages, first check the URL.<br />If the URL is different from your original URL, then it is a fake page.<br />say.. we have gmail, in this case the URL should be "mail.google.com" or "gmail.com" like this.<br />Anything else is fake.<br /><br />We can also identify fake login pages by observing the source code of the page.<br />In the case of gmail fake login page, do the following steps.<br />1) right click on the page<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG4wqQdVvYDOywHZfcoxyu9El0eaZD1UlyRSRDy5PWPk39v03pDcOnrH1V7N3ofNNQjuFpup9fIfdOQXf5c-mSKNUyEDhKWM7oQgW5do57Dq5ouNkL75x3nUhgiUVuijDo4AjLLhuLBtw/s1600/fa4.png" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG4wqQdVvYDOywHZfcoxyu9El0eaZD1UlyRSRDy5PWPk39v03pDcOnrH1V7N3ofNNQjuFpup9fIfdOQXf5c-mSKNUyEDhKWM7oQgW5do57Dq5ouNkL75x3nUhgiUVuijDo4AjLLhuLBtw/s400/fa4.png" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="400" /></a></div> <br />2) click on "view page source"<br />3) Now the source code of the page will be opened.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEU7YjMPFbLMvsSNyzQ36KdDqPpI8daTxhwWWx-PD3ZFqaEFizQA6xoARr7-iiWqaYbMZtBwgahT_cva_l3skdXRcdjrdT0LKI3wClwNfSE8sNnvfvjFyXUqi0uk7siJ85jmfSdQa4nl0/s1600/fa2.png" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEU7YjMPFbLMvsSNyzQ36KdDqPpI8daTxhwWWx-PD3ZFqaEFizQA6xoARr7-iiWqaYbMZtBwgahT_cva_l3skdXRcdjrdT0LKI3wClwNfSE8sNnvfvjFyXUqi0uk7siJ85jmfSdQa4nl0/s400/fa2.png" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="400" /></a></div> <br />4) Now search for the word "action"<br />   This can be done by pressing "ctrl+f". It opens a search box. Now enter the word "action" into the box and press enter.<br />   If You see "something.php" next to the word "action" then it is a fake page. otherwise it will be original a one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTFrB9CFvr1qxR8WAEU8H6pCjHrXy8mIE3Xkdm3qLoE60LJwyngQxRY5xw2pWNPF1X8zvAaBxBP8oJ-Von4Fo25Sws7sjDtl7ssiBEVrtZlypdHwEPzqw61kKX2h5LjeflvD-opnLxR9K/s1600/fa6.png" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTFrB9CFvr1qxR8WAEU8H6pCjHrXy8mIE3Xkdm3qLoE60LJwyngQxRY5xw2pWNPF1X8zvAaBxBP8oJ-Von4Fo25Sws7sjDtl7ssiBEVrtZlypdHwEPzqw61kKX2h5LjeflvD-opnLxR9K/s400/fa6.png" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="400" /></a></div> Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. if you have any doubts, just make a comment.</div> </div> </div>

How to identify fake login pages to avoid phishing

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