Pink Thumb 2023: The Anti-Phishing Chrome Extension
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Pink Thumb displays a pink thumb next to the address bar, when you browse to a website that is on your trusted website list in the extension's config file.
Pink Thumb will warn you with an alert sign next to the address bar, when you browse to a website that contains a password field and is not in your trusted website list.
With that Pink Thumb covers many phishing scenarios and visualizes risks while surfing the Internet and when clicking on phishing links.
Pink Thumb also has a 'secret' Microsoft Defender for Endpoint feature which you can turn on in the config file. With that feature turned on, Pink Thumb will send signals to your Microsoft Defender for Endpoint instance.
See the following blogpost for more information:
https://emptydc.com/2022/12/05/pink-thumb-2023
With Pink Thumb you will be able to distinguish between for example:
accounts.googie.com
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Risk impact
Pink Thumb 2023 requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Pink Thumb 2023 has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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