Devious New Phishing Tactic Targets Tabs

[comic_rage]

Nasty, nasty stuff. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/05/devious-new-phishing-tactic-targets-tabs/

[john_spiral]

can I click with Windows 95?

[CharlesA]

That sounds bad. At least it looks like NoScript stops those kinds of attacks.

[comic_rage]

If you have tabs, this is independent of the system. It's similar in principal to an email phishing scheme. Use caution as you would with your mail.

[Sealbhach]

This would be very difficult to spot.

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[comic_rage]

Makes you think, as people move to cloud computing and browser-based systems, being immune to Windows malware won't be as relevant anymore.

[witeshark17]

If you keep track of what sites you're on and you know what all the tabs are, you shouldn't be taken by this simple ambush.

[Icarus_Complex]

Wow, that's awesome. I thought I was safe with Google Chrome until I continued to read on =/