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Clickjacking: Browsing under threat
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09-30-08, 12:57 PM
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| Aadhavan is Coming  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leaving Chennai Age: 26
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Rep Power: 10   |  Clickjacking: Browsing under threat Clickjacking: Browsing under threat Clickjacking enables an attacker to force a user click on an invisible link, obviously without his knowledge or consent. Once a user clicks the link unknowingly, the hacker takes over the control. So while you might think you are clicking on your bank funds transfer link, or saving a favourite URL link at Digg, or some innocuous Facebook application, the reality could be entirely different, and dark. Click on Clickjacking: Browsing under threat to know more on Clickjacking |
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09-30-08, 01:01 PM
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| Lost Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Goa, for now
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Rep Power: 4 | this is not good at all !!! |
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09-30-08, 01:45 PM
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| Aditya  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New Delhi/ London
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Rep Power: 11  | This is really bad but for online security you can use any good link scanner like AVG and there are few plugin's for firefox which you can install to check repo of any weblink before opning it |
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09-30-08, 06:30 PM
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| Platinum Member  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kerala
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Rep Power: 6 | I use Norton Safe Web to scan suspected site. Its really good. No need to install any software. |
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09-30-08, 06:35 PM
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| Aadhavan is Coming Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leaving Chennai Age: 26
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09-30-08, 06:50 PM
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It will also show what kind of damage those threats can do or which part(file, registry. etc) of the system will get infected. Last edited by Archer; 09-30-08 at 07:06 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost | |
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10-06-08, 03:00 AM
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| Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kerala
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Rep Power: 6 | I reported that link to adminji. And I think he deleted the whole thread.  |
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