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Passwords 101: don’t enter your passwords just anywhere they’re asked for | Kaspersky official blog
- Scammers can trick you into giving them passwords for your email, government service websites, banking services, or social networks by mimicking the service’s login form.
- To avoid becoming a victim of fraud, every time you enter a password, take a moment to check where exactly you’re logging in.
- It’s crucial to check the addresses in both windows: make sure that the pop-up window asking for your password really belongs to the auxiliary service you expected.
- Auxiliary services are typically large email providers, social networks, or government service sites.
- Entering your credentials on the legitimate login page of the services is safe.
- To avoid falling into such a trap, use reliable anti-phishing protection on all devices and platforms.
- A phishing site’s address may be almost identical to the original, differing in just a letter or two.
- Scammers can create lookalike sites with addresses that are hard to distinguish from real ones.
- An advanced protection method is to use a password manager for all your accounts.
- A third-party site can’t verify your password — it simply doesn’t know it, and passwords are never shared between sites.
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