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The Java Popup you Can't Stop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the once-you-pop dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In his brand new hackademix.net blog, Giorgio Maone, known as the author of the NoScript security extension for Firefox, reveals how popup blockers can be easily circumvented using Java. Worse, popups opened this way are really evil, because they can be sized to cover the whole desktop (the wet dream of any phisher) and cannot be closed by user (the wet dream of any web advertiser). Impressive demos available, all cross-browser and cross-platform, in the best Java tradition: 'Write once, hack anywhere' "

2 of 480 comments (clear)

  1. grrr by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fucking asshats always find a way...

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    The game.
  2. In other news... by overheardinpdx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, the English language can be used to convince Congress to authorize and unjustifiable war with no exit strategy.