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Monday, April 18, 2005
Firefox Extension: Formfox
An extension for Firefox has been released and it's so useful from a security viewpoint I have decided inform you fortunate people.
The extension is called Formfox - it's purpose is to alert you to where the information in an online form is being sent to.
This is an excellent way to prevent folks from being taken in by a fake site that asks for legitimate information that is forwarded to evildoers.
When your mouse is hovering over the button that submits a form an URL will display showing where your information is actually going. If, for example, you believe you are at the your online bank and the URL displayed by Formfox is [http://russian-mafia.ru] you may well not press that button!
The extension is called Formfox - it's purpose is to alert you to where the information in an online form is being sent to.
This is an excellent way to prevent folks from being taken in by a fake site that asks for legitimate information that is forwarded to evildoers.
When your mouse is hovering over the button that submits a form an URL will display showing where your information is actually going. If, for example, you believe you are at the your online bank and the URL displayed by Formfox is [http://russian-mafia.ru] you may well not press that button!
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 5:57.23 PM EDT | Permanent Link
| Categories: Best Practices, Mozilla Firefox
| Categories: Best Practices, Mozilla Firefox
