[Tip]: Anti-Phishing Apps or extensions - page 2.

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Quote from: bitsurfer2014 on July 29, 2020, 09:15:21 AM

I thought it would be ideal if we could also consider installing effective Antivirus apps on our systems to further strengthen our defenses against such kind of attacks but the only downside to these antivirus feature is that it is mostly available on paid or subscribed versions of most antivirus apps only.

If I will be asked I prefer paid antivirus rather than installing free extensions because I feel more relieved by doing so

especially knowing the fact that scammers are now also using such extensions to harm us as well. It costs money but I know it will be all worth it. Due to the series of bad news regarding privacy issues, I'm now having a hard time to trust FREE downloadable apps (which came from unreliable sources of course) because no one knows whether they got a hidden agenda or not. I'm not too techy to figure it out. So having an extra defense is really vital.

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I certainly agree to the above mentioned ideas and suggestions about keeping us safe from being victimized from phishing attacks but let us all bear in mind that we are not 100 percent safe even if we observe best security practices!

I think it is our duty not to be complacent hence, we should always be vigilant and keep ourselves informed on new and emerging styles of such attacks in order to take necessary actions to counter it accordingly.

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To me, it looks like such extensions have more coins than pros. First, they create a false sense of security, as users might think that they are perfectly safe when they use them, while in reality they can only prevent some scams, usually the biggest and oldest. Next, they might be spying on users or do other malicious things - it's the best practice to always try to minimize the number of extensions and only install what is absolutely necessary.

It's better to learn to distinguish phishing sites manually, so you won't ever have to rely on third parties to do it.

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Why do people have to rely on any extension to avoid phishing links? I don't think they should rely on third party extensions this way because they can simply protect themselves from phishing sites.

How to self-protect from phishing sites? Is it difficult to do?

In a simple word: Easy!

Control your curiosity and avoid clicking on any links sent to you by the others (even they are the ones you love, you know or from strangers).
Beware of links and don't hurry to jump directly on the links and click on them.
Another minor tip is: On most browsers and messenger apps, hovering your mouse/ touchpad on links then the full links will be displayed. If you see something is strange in full links, it is a further reason to not click on those links.

A long suggested guides but in practice, you can do it so easily. Wink

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Quote from: bitsurfer2014 on July 29, 2020, 09:15:21 AM

Aside from using trusted anti phishing extensions on popular browsers, I thought it would be ideal if we could also consider installing effective Antivirus apps on our systems to further strengthen our defenses against such kind of attacks but the only downside to these antivirus feature is that it is mostly available on paid or subscribed versions of most antivirus apps only.

I agree with the use of antivirus as an additional application to ward off phisng websites, websites containing malware and ransomware. this will further strengthen security on the device used. But the weakness you mentioned about the paid version of the antivirus, is not a weakness it's just an option for you, do you want to enjoy the free version with limited features or the paid version with all the features provided for your security. I better choose the paid version because there is no loss in subscribing to the paid version for the best antivirus.

I currently use Kaspersky as my second antivirus (the first Windows Defender Antivirus).

But for anti-phishing it depends on the report data provided by others. because some phishing websites will not be detected because they do not have any data.
For example below, there will be a Kaspersky icon that indicates the website is safe.

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Aside from using trusted anti phishing extensions on popular browsers, I thought it would be ideal if we could also consider installing effective Antivirus apps on our systems to further strengthen our defenses against such kind of attacks but the only downside to these antivirus feature is that it is mostly available on paid or subscribed versions of most antivirus apps only.

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Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on July 29, 2020, 03:16:23 AM

I prefer not to trust all kinds of extensions since recently a lot of extensions are being created for fraudulent purposes. While doing its job of protecting against phishing, at the same time, the same extension can collect information about the user, engage in surveillance, hidden mining, steal passwords, and everything else. The extensions themselves are not created by browser developers, but by people who are looking for a way to make money.

I'm aware that Google's app store whether it is in the Playstore or Chrome Webstore is a gold mine when it comes to fake and scammy apps that are mostly malicious in nature but they can easily be avoided by looking for their reviews, date uploaded, uploader name or basically everything in their "about" section which will make you see that the app you are downloading is the real version. These anti-phising extension is really helpful and this can be treated as a first layer of defense rather than just always relying on your eyes being observant as always.

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Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on July 29, 2020, 03:16:23 AM

I prefer not to trust all kinds of extensions since recently a lot of extensions are being created for fraudulent purposes. While doing its job of protecting against phishing, at the same time, the same extension can collect information about the user, engage in surveillance, hidden mining, steal passwords, and everything else...

Indeed. There are numerous extensions that are reportedly stealing data from it's users as it was the easiest way to access one's browser and browsed website activities. OP, I think it is too risky to trust nor promote such extensions despite the fact that the 2 of what you've mentioned are open-sourced. Using opera or simply not making mistakes such as trusting nor clocking anonymous links would be enough. Phishing is easy to be avoided, as long as everyone are careful what websites or what files to download.

The biggest tip is simply, Think before you click.

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I prefer not to trust all kinds of extensions since recently a lot of extensions are being created for fraudulent purposes. While doing its job of protecting against phishing, at the same time, the same extension can collect information about the user, engage in surveillance, hidden mining, steal passwords, and everything else. The extensions themselves are not created by browser developers, but by people who are looking for a way to make money.
It is enough to set up your browser correctly, I would recommend Firefox, and Need to know all the guides on how to avoid getting to a phishing site.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-to-do-to-avoid-phishing-sites-5171134

A recent investigation witcher_sense reveals that the extension has a different name, but its purpose is to steal wallet data.

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Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. What is anti-phishing extensions?
3. How does it work?
4. Protecting your self against phishing sites
5. Anti Phishing extensions

Introduction

We all know that in the last year, cryptocurrency has been attack by many waves of phishing - a deceptive way to steal our sensitive data like private keys, seeds or passwords to our wallet and exchanges account. We are really vulnerable and hackers or cyber criminals are constantly on the offensive and many fall for the trap specially fake giveaway scams.

What is anti-phishing extensions?

A tool that can detect this malicious apps at it analyze the website that we are browsing and if that website is already listed on their repositories, these will be block automatically if you by chance have visited this websites.

How does it work?

So if you visited this malicious websites, an alert or warning you will on your screen and you will be block from visiting it.

Protecting your self against phishing sites

Firefox has built in Anti-Phishing protection. But it is better to used other apps as well so that you will have maximum protection against this cyber threat.

Anti Phishing extensions

a. EAL - Block you from malicious domains - EAL keeps a daily-updated blacklist of known phishing domains to help you keep your funds/secrets secure. The blacklist is saved locally to the extension every 10 minutes to keep your privacy intact. The only time you hit a 3rd party service is when the extension caches the blacklists - services are Github and Infura.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/etheraddresslookup/pdknmigbbbhmllnmgdfalmedcmcefdfn?hl=en-GB

You will received this warning with you installed this app after visiting a phish site.

b. PhishFort | Protect - Open-source, The plugin will indicate different colors depending on the website you're visiting. Green - is safe, and Red is a possible malicious site and dangerous.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/phishfort-protect/bdiohckpogchppdldbckcdjlklanhkfc?hl=en

c. Netcraft Extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netcraft-extension/bmejphbfclcpmpohkggcjeibfilpamia

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