Dot Phishing Protector

Dot Phishing Protector

This extension protects yourself against punycode domains phishing attacks.

What is Dot Phishing Protector?
Dot Phishing Protector is a Chrome extension designed to protect yourself against punycode domains phishing attacks. It provides a warning dialog whenever the browser tries to open punycode encoded URLs, which may be used to trick the user and impersonate well-known sites.
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Stats
Users: 23 ▼ -5
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2018-01-19)
Creation date: 2018-01-19
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
Size: 8.37K
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Summary

This extension protects yourself against punycode domains phishing attacks that try to impersonate well known sites (including most banks online) by replacing some letters with the same character with a small dot bellow, that most people ignore/don't notice it.

In a real phishing attack (using this method), the little dot may be confused with a dead pixel or some dust on the screen.

As an example you may consider the following domain:

http://www.xn--goldmasachs-1x8e.com/

Despict the small do bellow the lowercase N character, it might be easily confused with: http://www.goldmansachs.com/

This extension will provide a warning dialog every time the browser tries to open Urls domains that are punycode encoded, which may be used to trick the user.

User reviews
Simple and efficient. Works fine and will save your day...
by Roger Salgado Roger Salgado, 2018-01-19
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Safety
Risk impact

Dot Phishing Protector may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Dot Phishing Protector has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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