FYI: Latest IE Flaws Provide Opportunity for Phishers

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FYI: Latest IE Flaws Provide Opportunity for Phishers

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Netcraft wrote:The latest Internet Explorer security holes offer new ways for phishing scams to present realistic spoofs of financial web sites. One of the flaws allow fraudsters to display the URL of a trusted site in Internet Explorer's address bar, while presenting content from a different web page in the browser window. Another vulnerability could allow sophisticated attackers to create spoofed pages displaying the golden "lock" icon indicating a secure SSL session, which has often been cited as a differentiator between legitimate sites and scams.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/ ... shers.html
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Yeah, click the the realted link on my sig to solve your problem (or in Sami's sig). ;)
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8)
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suprise, suprise, suprise. Thanks be given to the mozzila team for providing a great alternative.
yet another update, I can hardly wait unitl i get permission to flatten my work computer and install linux.
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Re: FYI: Latest IE Flaws Provide Opportunity for Phishers

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SSL cache poisoning exploit looks nice 8)
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The worst thing of firefox is by replying or composing a message it doesn't add the bbcodes where the pointer is.. it adds to the ne of message.. that drives me crazy..
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Yea I noticed that too... PHPBB attempts to track the users clicks and location but doesnt do a very good job of it :P
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there is a Firefox extension that adds the standard BB-tags to the context menu. Link eludes me atm.
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phpScott wrote:I can hardly wait unitl i get permission to flatten my work computer and install linux.
Lucky me, then! 8) 8) 8)
No windows at work for me since febuary.
(Not at home either, for that matter...)
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