The developers Yandex announced the launch of the new useful features for Yandex.Browser. Desktop application learned to warn about the interception of encrypted data.
The browser displays a message about the danger, if you understand that in the hands of the attackers can get passwords, billing information and other user information, which is transmitted over HTTPS. According to the developers, browser with such function appeared on the market for the first time.
In principle, any browser before you can send encrypted data that prompts the site’s digital certificate and checks its reliability. To validate commonly used data about certificates that are stored in the computer’s operating system. The attackers add this data to the browser trusted their certificates and passed the confidential information. Due to this, they intercept the traffic.
Yandex.The browser also performs additional certificate validation using data from several manufacturers operating systems because this information attackers can not change.
At the moment, warnings about the interception of encrypted data to work in version Yandex.Browser for Windows. This protection mechanism became part of the technology Protect, which already checks the pages and files for viruses, warns you about paid mobile subscriptions, cares about the safety of passwords and payment card data.
Yandex.Browser for Windows, macOS and Linux available for free download on the official website.