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Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

Posted Sep 13, 2013 6:50 UTC (Fri) by ibukanov (subscriber, #3942)
In reply to: Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica) by eru
Parent article: Security of Java takes a dangerous turn for the worse, experts say (ars technica)

> Sounds surprisingly complex, is that really needed?

It is useless... Successful attacks against Norwegian banks often involved malware that just replaced the HTML on the login page with own form that sends the login credentials to a remote server. There an operator manually enter the login information into own browser window and do the payment. Then, to confirm a payment, they tricked the user to enter an extra credentials claiming a security check.


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