See: http://www.csoonline.com/article/717...goes-universal
it is my understanding that for a "Man in the Browser" attack to succeed the attacker will need to compromise the victim's browser. Most likely by covertly installing a plug-in...
...these browser attacks may be the main reason I'm building me a new big hammer so I can switch my online activity to Linux
in Windows I have to run "WinPatrol" -- to detect and stop all these requests to update my browser... it is really UGLY
hopefully in Linux the browser, e.g. Firefox -- is actually running in "Userland" -- and cannot be updated without permission to install software -- and that would apply to "plug-ins" as well -- which -- in Windows -- UAC does not object to ... I think because such updates are updates to the browser -- and not to the system
please forgive me if I chew on too many of this type of question...
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