I ran across a pretty interesting article on RSnake’s blog about using a URL to get users to disclose personal information. Here is the original article: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20090810/de-cloaking-in-ie70-via-windows-variables/ I tested this in IE8 and the posting claims it works in IE6 and IE7 as well. I tested in Firefox with and without NoScripts enabled and it …
Monthly Archive: February 2010
Feb
17
How to Protect Your Social Network Identity
Over a billion people visited social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter last month so it’s not surprising that hackers have these sites in their cross-hairs. The attacks come in many forms: spreading Trojan viruses including key loggers, phishing for passwords and sniffing out packets of sensitive information. In fact, according to recent research …
Feb
11
The Rise of Caller ID Spoofing
By Andy Jordan February 5, 2010 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/05/the-rise-of-caller-id-spoofing/ Applications that let users change or “spoof” their Caller ID are gaining in popularity in mobile phone app stores, even as Congress considers stalled legislation to outlaw particular uses of the technology, and criminals use it to engage in nefarious activity. Caller ID spoofing technology allows a user …