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Devious ‘Tabnapping’ Attack Hijacks Browser Tabs
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Posted on 05/25/2010 12:19:17 PM PDT by Gomez

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To: ConservativeMind

I just get a network error when I try to hit that site.


21 posted on 05/25/2010 2:19:19 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Gomez
In my testing the attack worked in Firefox 3.6, 3.7a, Opera 10 and Safari 4.

What about IE8? Surely that was able to fall to this attack.

22 posted on 05/25/2010 2:24:49 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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Ok, I just tested on IE8. It only 1/2 worked. The IE logo was still showing on teh page—it wasn’t replaced with the Gmail logo.

Oh and I had to run it in compatibility mode. If I did’t run it in compatability mode the video player would still be on the page overtop of the gmail prop.


23 posted on 05/25/2010 2:31:38 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Greysard

self ping


24 posted on 05/25/2010 3:38:47 PM PDT by killermosquito (Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: Gomez

I’ve never run with tabs for some reason they annoy me greatly?


25 posted on 05/25/2010 4:09:54 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Ingtar

The difference between MSIE and Firefox, however, is that there are extensive open source communities writing for Firefox whereas MSIE is closed and relegated to the hallowed halls of MS programming. Open source communities generally perform much more extensive exploit testing and plug their holes quicker. They may be fun to hack, but oftentimes the hackers are the same people who are patching the holes.

Think of it like the stories of corporations or the FBI/CIA hiring hackers who breached their networks in order to harden them to future attacks.


26 posted on 05/26/2010 5:10:51 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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