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New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL

Ken Treis writes "SANS Internet Storm Center is reporting on a new strain of IE Malware. This one targets bank customers, which in itself is nothing new. But the catch is in the way it does it: it installs a Browser Help Object (BHO) that can capture login information before it is encrypted, and 'watches for HTTPS (secure) access to URLs of several dozen banking and financial sites in multiple countries.'."

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  1. That's a BOGUS PHONE NUMBER! RTFDetails by abb3w · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    And the phone number's bososity is both noted at the end of the complete write up linked to at the end of the article, and something which Google would tell you, if you thought to look.

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