B
Evidence Grade B
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74%
74% -- share of phishing websites using https for reported phishing websites (2025)
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74%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
PhishLabs
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Tier C
https://goleadingit.com/blog/why-the-s-in-https-matters-when-shopping-online/ ↗
Source Article
What Does HTTPS Stand For? Why You Should Have https:// in your URL and the Importance of the S.
What Does HTTPS Stand For? Why You Should Have https:// in your URL and the Importance of the S.
What does HTTPS stand for? HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. The S stands for Secure. It is the encrypted version of HTTP, the protocol your browser uses to communicate with websites. …
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reported phishing websites: 74% share of phishing websites using https. Source: PhishLabs (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-sites-https-74
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-sites-https-74" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>74%</strong> -- share of phishing websites using https for reported phishing websites<br><small>Source: PhishLabs (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-sites-https-74" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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