8.3 Block Reported Web Forgeries

Information

This feature alerts the user if they are visiting a known phishing website.
Enabling this feature helps mitigate the threat of phishing attacks.

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("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true);

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-4(5)

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2253e84ddab0d3df15626614f9de82413893386971821a1f2a6f47f3f362bc98