Details

It is possible to disguise a website’s true location by making use of username/password syntax within the URL (known as ‘phishy URLs’). This setting will display a warning message whenever a user clicks a link to a phishy URL.

This setting will help protect the browser against phishing.

Solution

Perform the following procedure:

* Open the mozilla.cfg file in the installation directory with a text editor

* Add the following lines to mozilla.cfg:

lockPref(“network.http.phishy-userpass-length”, 1);

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1158

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits