Posted in In the news, the web, Security, e-commerce on June 11, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I’ve been told that hackers can redirect a tab that has been left open so that although you navigate to a valid page, if you then switch tabs for a while and then go back and enter (say) your bank details the page is no longer the valid one and you’ve been scammed.
Sounds a bit far fetched but I haven’t seen any “it’s a hoax” information either - not on here or on snopes which is my usual first port of call when “I don’t believe it!”
Do your own search or check out http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/06/10/tab-napping-the-new-kind-of-phishing/
Not yet rated
Loading ...Comment by ke gosselin - June 11, 2010 on 5:17 pm
Mark Minasi gave a talk on this at Tech Ed 2010 - it’s aDNSSec issue that does NOT affect Win7 /Server 2008 configs. Go to his site for more info.
Comment by - June 11, 2010 on 9:09 pm
An XP is at risk though?
Comment by Ken - June 21, 2010 on 7:44 pm
Anything from Vista back…as Mark pointed out, they are not going to hit you, they’ll be going after large banks, brokerge house, insurance companies, etc. - they know they’ll be taken down in an hour or so, but they can steal a ton of data/money in that time.
Comment by - June 22, 2010 on 8:49 am
They could take a fair amount from me as long as they target the right time of the month!
Trackback by - February 9, 2012 on 5:21 am
greenpeace indonesia report…
[…]his household and hundreds of 1000’s of world wide supporters, campaigners and celebs wait around patiently […]…
Trackback by - February 9, 2012 on 7:28 am
greenpeace uk address…
[…]practice in the location of game[…]…
Make a comment
Tag cloud
Archives
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
Most commented posts
Highest Rated Blog Posts
- PC Advance Required (100%)
- No excuse - it's free to encrypt! (100%)
- Virtualization's Dark Side - or stating the obvious for beginners (100%)
- Tabs - I might change my mind? (100%)
- Which Linux do you drink? (100%)
- Sat Nag (100%)
- How to be a Guitar Hero (100%)
- Home working - a tale of freedom, loneliness and slippers (100%)
- Vertigo (100%)
- Is your back door open? (90%)
