Symantec Spotlights Mac Phishing Threat
Norton Confidential will block consumers from visiting known or suspected phishing sites. One way Norton Confidential verifies the legitimacy of a genuine website is through presenting the user with a Norton Authentication Trust Mark on the toolbar. The mark indicates that the website was checked. Norton Confidential can also scan a website and block any known crimeware from trying to compromise the user’s desktop.
“We have also found that users have lots of different passwords online, so we’ve created something that allows them to manage their passwords. It means that when they connect to a site, they don’t have to provide their password at all. It automatically fills out the form for them,” explained Salem.
The software will also block the user from sending confidential information, passwords, or credentials without first authorizing it.
Salem has noticed a movement toward the Mac and is concerned about Apple’s positioning of the platform as virtually virus free. He concluded: “As more and more people buy Macs, we could end up in a situation where they think they are protected and they’re not. There is a danger that people could think they are secure on the Mac when they aren’t.”
-Karen Haslam, Macworld.co.uk
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