Google bumps up account security with Password Alert

Google has released a new, open source Chrome extension to help keep users a little safer from phishing attacks. The new Password Alert extension, which works with both regular Google accounts as well as Google Apps accounts, will notify a user if they have entered their Google password into any site other than an authentic Google sign-in page located at accounts.google.com.

Once the extension is installed, if a user tries to use their Google password at a non-Google site, the extension will trigger an email to them notifying them to change their password. As you may have figured out, this also encourages users to use a different password for sites they visit than the password they have set for their Google account. Using different, unique passwords for each site a user visits is considered a security best practice.

The extension includes features for Google Apps admins to setup auditing and notifications so that they will be notified when employees use their passwords on non-Google sites and can even force them to change their Google password.

If you want to install the Chrome extension, hit the link below to grab it from the Chrome Web Store.

Password Alert Chrome Extension

source: Google

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