[OT] Clickjacking

2008-10-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Maybe this is only semi-OT, since RunRev has announced plans to deliver a browser plugin: Web Surfers Face Dangerous New Threat: 'Clickjacking' Internet and Web browser security experts are sounding the alarm about a new type of malicious attack called clickjacking, a technique that can be

Re: [OT] Clickjacking

2008-10-09 Thread Mikey
If you didn't know, this was announced a week or so ago, which is good news, because it means that NoScript has once again come to the rescue. If you don't know what that is, then you probably aren't using FireFox. NoScript is an extremely important extension for FireFox that will prevent just

Re: [OT] Clickjacking

2008-10-09 Thread Mikey
None of the above helps you if you are running a program that has an embedded browser that forces you to use IE or Safari, though, so keep that in mind when you allow those programs to hit the web for you. If you're using one of the tools that lets you pick the browser that will be embedded, then