SpoofStick for IE and Firefox

[ronjor]

{QUOTE-> SpoofStick is a simple browser extension that helps users detect spoofed (fake) websites. A spoofed website is typically made to look like a well known, branded site (like ebay.com or citibank.com) with a slightly different or confusing URL. The attacker then tries to trick people into going to the spoofed site by sending out fake email messages or posting links in public places - hoping that some percentage of users won't notice the incorrect URL and give away important information. This practice is sometimes known as “phishing". <-QUOTE}
Spoofstick (http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/index.html)

[Blackspear]

Very nice find there Ron.

Cheers ;D

[ronjor]

Most kind of you! :D I think a lot of people know about Spoofstick but it doesn't hurt to remind us users as to what is available for our online safety.

[no13]

I use both version...
Its very nice (but I haven't seen any websites spoofed yet tho'.... oh well, xtra security don't hurt as much as less)

[Jimbob1989]

The Firfox version of this extension can be found here

https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=121&vid=740

Jimbob

[Acadia]

Spoofstick works on my Firefox at the recent Secunia demo that uses USA Today. Even though my FF fails the test spoof (unless I unrealistically tighten the settings so as to make normal surfing impractical), the Spoofstick works telling me that I am no longer at USA Today but instead at Secunia. If it were a real spoof even though FF failed, at least I would be warned.

Acadia