Earlier this week, it was reported that fraudsters were imitating Apple's remote help site in an effort to gain access to victim's computers. Scammers typically try to trick users into landing on such falsified support sites by targeting them with false warnings and pop ups warning of something wrong with their computer. When legitimate sites ask for sensitive information such as financial or personal details, a padlock icon is displayed in front of the url to indicate the presence of a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.
Fraudulent sites impersonating Apple's iTunes pages and banks including Natwest and Halifax have been wrongly issued with the authentication certificates recently, which can instill users with false confidence when inputting their details.