Anti-phishing Protection Apps and Alternatives

Phishing is a the technique of trying to obtain personal info (like

PINs, passwords, usernames, or credit card data) by sending emails that seem to be legit.

Such e-mails appear to come from trustworthy sources such as banks, money transfer websites (e.g. Paypal, eBay, etc.) and ask the use to update their data or perform transactions following a certain URL.

Anti-phishing tools will detect that URLs actually link to a fake website that resembles the real one, and they will automatically block it, while also notifying the user that the web domain has been created with the sole purpose of stealing sensitive data.

Security apps that also provide anti-phishing protection verify one's emails' sources, then warn the user of their credibility.