A new type of phishing attack

Sandro Magi <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.capabilities.general
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Interesting new phishing idea:

http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/a-new-type-of-phishing-attack/

Basically exploiting a typical user's workflow where they have multiple 
tabs open. This highlights the real need for a functional petname system.

As a trivial countermeasure, I wonder if it's really necessary for 
JavaScript to run on inactive tabs.

Sandro
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