Just one more reason to enable two-factor.
I’m under no illusion that the common lay-user is savvy enough to enable two-factor, but then they’re probably using hunter2 for a password anyways.
So…how are Symantec customers actually protected against this?
Presumably, their “Norton Whatever” is either checking URLs accessed or e-mail content for matching phishing. Basic blacklist stuff.
So Symantec must install a browser plugin to get access to that privileged information. Makes sense; you do need to trust your security software. Imagine the game-over coup if someone hacks Norton itself.
Yes. This is pretty common in “antivirus suites.”
Just one more reason to enable two-factor.
I’m under no illusion that the common lay-user is savvy enough to enable two-factor, but then they’re probably using hunter2 for a password anyways.
So…how are Symantec customers actually protected against this?
Presumably, their “Norton Whatever” is either checking URLs accessed or e-mail content for matching phishing. Basic blacklist stuff.
So Symantec must install a browser plugin to get access to that privileged information. Makes sense; you do need to trust your security software. Imagine the game-over coup if someone hacks Norton itself.
Yes. This is pretty common in “antivirus suites.”