December 9, 2003
IE Vulnerabilities and Viruses
There's a new nasty vulnerability out that basically lets you spoof any URL you want. Want an example?
Notice in IE says in the webaddress ... and my blog is obviously NOT yahoo.com.
There's no fix for this yet (and probably won't be for a while).
This is pretty scary because spammers can make websites that look exactly like the real site that ask for your CC information ... and then abuse the heck out of the CC cards. Very scary.
So if you get ANY emails asking you to "visit" their site to re-input CC information, DON'T DO IT.
As a side note, I hope all of you are keeping updated on your Microsoft Windows patches; installing the "Critical Updates" will help virus prevention.
Then when I went back downstairs to buy a drink, I only took $0.65, when I needed $0.75.
Sigh.
Notice in IE says in the webaddress ... and my blog is obviously NOT yahoo.com.
There's no fix for this yet (and probably won't be for a while).
This is pretty scary because spammers can make websites that look exactly like the real site that ask for your CC information ... and then abuse the heck out of the CC cards. Very scary.
So if you get ANY emails asking you to "visit" their site to re-input CC information, DON'T DO IT.
As a side note, I hope all of you are keeping updated on your Microsoft Windows patches; installing the "Critical Updates" will help virus prevention.
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In what seemingly seems to becoming the story of my life, I fell short when I ordered my chinese food; I only took down $7 when I meant to take down $11.Then when I went back downstairs to buy a drink, I only took $0.65, when I needed $0.75.
Sigh.
Posted by roy on December 9, 2003 at 06:54 PM in | 9 Comments
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i normally use Mozilla Firebird instead of IE, and i didn't get what the whole fuss about with the button and yahoo, i don't know. But then i tested it in IE, and now i see the point :x.. aiii...
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