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  • Safari AutoFill flaw opens up Mac OS X address book to hackers

    07/23/2010 2:15:59 AM PDT · by Leroy S. Mort · 8 replies
    betanews ^ | July 22, 2010 | Ed Oswald
    WhiteHat Security said Wednesday that it had found an issue in how Safari's AutoFill feature handles personal information, which could open up the personal information of a web surfer simply by visiting a malicious website.Using a few lines of code, the hacker would be able to obtain the information without the user even knowing it occurred. The "Using info from my Address Book card" option would need to be checked in AutoFill preferences in order for the hack to work.There is one positive: AutoFill does not work with fields starting with numbers, meaning street addresses and phone numbers would not...