An attacker can exploit this feature and force the browser to hide the original address bar and instead display its own, falsified.

So, for example, if you click a link in an email that looks like a message from your bank, you can access the modified page of the attacker, which looks like a bank’s website, and the address bar will match (see James Fisher’s video below) ). If you enter your login information on the page, you send it directly to the attacker.

How to defend yourself? This is the use of the Chrome feature and there is no (yet) released update to change this behavior. Therefore, be aware of the links you open from email.

Good practice is not to click on links that are supposed to lead to sites where you have to enter your data. For example, if you have a message that needs to be resolved in your Internet banking, open the browser and simply enter the address manually, or use the saved (and verified) bookmarks.

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