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Phishing For Bank Info Without Any Pesky Malware

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-convenience-is-incredible dept.

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 X0563511 · · Score: 1, Troll

    The solution is to make the bad guys "disappear," not to seek out "justice."

    Why the hell would Elbonia care if some local scumbags show up dead in a gutter somewhere?

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