How Password Manager Prevents Phishing Attacks
With more everyday digital and remote work, phishing is at the point when every netizen needs to stay alert and protect his personal data. There are many tools to protect yourself from phishing, from general awareness to using special soft. Now we will take a look at Passwarden, the best password manager that can help to prevent phishing attacks.
One of Passwarden’s prominent features is how easy it is to manage and use strong, unique passwords with it. However, that’s not the only benefit. Today, we’ll tell you how this password manager blocks this dangerous type of cyber attack aimed at stealing (or “phishing”) your passwords.
What is a Phishing Attack and How It Works
Password phishing is at its core an illusion designed to trick you into giving away your login and password. A criminal sets up an evil twin of a popular website (e.g. social networks like Facebook, stores like Amazon, banking sites, etc.). Its purpose is to look identical enough to the original so that visitors would try to sign in on this impostor site.
Naturally, once you enter your personal information on such a site, the hackers collect it and can then exploit it at their pleasure. Some will use it in a straightforward manner, e.g. to access your banking account and transfer funds. Others may be more discrete, setting up multi-layered schemes to conceal the fact of the data breach. The latter are generally more dangerous since the more time a hacker has before the breach is detected - the more harm it can do.
How a password phishing attack occurs
All phishing attacks have a similar pattern, making them somewhat easier to secure against. First of all, a victim receives a link to the evil twin site. This can occur in a few vectors:
- Often, you will receive an email with the link from someone claiming to work for the organization that owns the site - bank assistant, site administrator, service agent, etc.
- Alternatively, you can find the link on another site or service that either belongs to the hackers, or has been compromised by them
The thing about the link is that it’s always almost identical to the original, but something is a bit off. A wrong character here (facelook.com instead of facebook.com), a weird domain name there (facebook.com.example.com instead of facebook.com). On such a site, you will see a carbon copy of the original login screen. You enter your password... aaaand it’s gone. Password phishing successful!
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How to Protect Against Phishing
Phishing attacks can come via email, text message, voice message, chat apps, or when accidentally mistyping the URL for an intended website and ending up on a fake site.
The best protection that security professionals recommend is to avoid clicking any suspicious links in emails, messages, and on sites. Another good option is to double-check the URLs of the sites where you are requested to sign in, especially if you’re redirected to them from elsewhere. Phishing attacks prey upon the unwary. But let’s check out some steps that will help you to prevent phishing attacks.
Recommended steps to protect yourself from phishing
- Check the email properly. You should look at the name of the sender and the attached email address. You need to find learn the difference between a displayed email and the real one. You should be especially attentive with the mobile device as they don’t always show the full email of the sender.
- Always check that the links go to the proper website, and better avoid clicking on unknown links as they can be designed for phishing. If it is possible, you can call the person who emailed you to be sure he is the real sender and the email is not fake.
- You should never open the attachments from unknown senders. Even if the email seems real, it could be compromised and fall into the hands of hackers. To protect yourself from phishing it is important to establish the sender of the email.
However, let’s face up to a simple fact - most internet users are pretty lazy and don’t concern about how to protect themselves from password cracking or phishing. Most likely, you’re not double-checking each and every link you click and URL you enter. So, what do?
How to protect yourself from phishing and password cracking with Passwarden
A password manager like Passwarden grants you reliable protection against phishing, as long as it has an Autofill feature. How so?
When you save a login for a website in Passwarden, it automatically remembers not only the password itself but also the URL. So when you visit this website later, Passwarden knows to suggest the stored password. This means that, if you ever enter a site that you have certainly already visited, but Passwarden does not suggest a password to fill automatically - most likely it’s a password phishing site. Our password manager won’t fall for the disguised URL.
Any time you notice that Passwarden isn’t offering to sign you in on a website, check why that is. It might be because you haven’t saved the password for the site in Passwarden yet, or the site blocks the autofill option. However, it also might signal that something is amiss and you’re not on the website you thought you were on.
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