Beware of Vaccination Certificate Scams … Even Scammers Have Secure Connections Now
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Sep 7, 2021
I have been investigating the QR format used for vaccination status data, and this appeared in my InBox:
The email had warning signs already, such as having an email address that wasn’t the NHS, and for the roll-over link to come from a non-trusted source. But, look, it’s an “HTTPs” link, so it must have a valid certificate. On clicking on the link (in my sandboxed and isolated environment) it took me too:
On checking the certificate, it is certainly valid, and there’s a secure connection created:
Scrolling down we get:
