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Phishing For Bank Info Without Any Pesky Malware

Emb3rz writes "DarkReading.com brings us news of a new approach to phishing that targets online banking sites. Here's the novel part of it: it doesn't involve any of the typical attack vectors we all know and love. Instead, it uses JavaScript from a remote page to detect if you have a banking site open, and prompts you for info via popup if you do."

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  1. Re:The Best Defense is Offense by ushering05401 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a simple technical solution to this:

          1. trace the phishing to their location
          2. send a missile to that location
          3. problem solved

    I don't get it. Then the bad guys would have a missile. That is worse, not better.