1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature

A screenshot of a web browser with a pop-up warning from 1Password warning of a potential phishing attack.

1Password’s browser extension will notify users of a potential phishing attack. | Image: 1Password

A successful phishing attack can cost a business an average of $4.8 million, according to research from IBM. To help reduce the risk of one succeeding, either at work or at home, 1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature that will watch for telltale signs of an attack, such as a website URL that’s slightly misspelled.

When a 1Password user clicks a link and opens a website with a URL that doesn’t match the one they have saved alongside login details, the 1Password browser extension will do two things. It won’t autofill their login credentials, and it will display a pop-up warning explaining that the current website’s URL “i …

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