Key Highlights
- Windows 11 will now warn you about entering passwords in an unsecured place
- This feature is only available in the latest Windows 11 update
Now your passwords will be much more secure thanks to this new feature called “enhanced phishing protection” that you must activate right now in your Windows 11.
Although the environment that provides us with Windows 11 may be the most popular operating system, the truth is that it never stops adding new features to protect it from cybercriminals. The most recent update comes to protect us from those passwords that we reuse and that we write down in places where we shouldn’t, like Notepad or Excel.
And as a result of the most recent update to the Windows 11 operating system, we will now see a warning each time we enter a password in a location where we shouldn’t, like Notepad or Excel, a practice that is not recommended at all and cybercriminals know that very well.
Additionally, we now have the “enhanced phishing protection” feature thanks to the Windows 11 22H2 upgrade. When users enter their Windows password into unsecure apps or websites, it alerts users. This was primarily made for users who want to save their login information in word processors, text editors, and spreadsheets, but thankfully Windows will now alert us when this happens.
In some cases, an attacker can steal your password simply by entering it into a phishing login form and not submitting it. To combat this behavior, Microsoft introduced a new feature called ‘Enhanced Phishing Protection’ that warns users when they enter their Windows password on a website or enter it into an insecure application.
This new feature is only available in the latest Windows 11 updates and is enabled by default. So, it remains to be seen if it will reach Windows 10 users as well.
