The newly released 2.3 version of the Android mobile operating system contains a security enhancement aimed at protecting users against UI redressing attacks.Commonly referred to as clickjacking, these attacks use various techniques to hide user interface elements and superimpose them onto others with the purpose of ... |
7 December 2010
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that a new Facebook survey scam forces users to advertise rogue pages from their profiles by employing clickjacking techniques.The attack starts as most Facebook scams, with a spam message sent by someone in your friends list containing a link to a rogue page, in this case about ... |
18 August 2010
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A clickjacking worm that forced hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Facebook users to unknowingly post spam messages on their profiles, rapidly spread through the social networking website over the weekend. The worm used catchy news headlines to lure its victims into the trap.Clickjacking is a Web attack technique ... |
31 May 2010
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The Facebook staff has been hard at work to squash a new worm propagating on the social networking platform with the help of unwary users. Using the image of a female model in lingerie as lure, the nuisance spread from wall to wall through a Web exploitation technique known as clickjacking.This most recent attack doe... |
24 November 2009
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After the Twitter staff had a hard time patching a harmless, but intriguing, clickjacking attack originally launched by a French blogger, a British web developer has come up with a similar new way to mess with the users of the micro-blogging website. At the end of January, a URL with a message reading "Don't cl... |
27 February 2009
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A new variant of the "Don't click" clickjacking user-propagated link has been making victims on Twitter. The new attack was launched by someone who found a way around the original fix deployed by the Twitter staff.A few days ago, users of the popular micro-blogging service Twitter have been the target of an atta... |
14 February 2009
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A mysterious “Don't click” link was being spread by Twitter users, who obviously were curious enough to click on it. The attack proved nothing more than a harmless clickjacking demonstration, but it was nevertheless addressed by the Twitter staff. At the end of January, a blogger released (translate... |
13 February 2009
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Adobe has released an advisory that describes the Flash Player vulnerability, which previously prompted security researchers Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen to halt the disclosure of technical details regarding clickjacking attacks. According to the advisory, by using clickjacking techniques, an attacker can gain... |
8 October 2008
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