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from: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1409620,00.asp "...Security researchers confirmed a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that could let an attacker display a fake URL in the browser's address bar in an attempt to disguise the real domain, according to a security bulletin released on Tuesday by Danish security company Secunia Ltd. " isnt this the same as a web site that is selling something has a link to paypal for secure payment. but the link is actually to the thief's site that is made to look just like the paypal site, and the customer unknowningly keys in their paypal password on the bad guys site? the thing that this ie flaw allows is the ability to show the paypal url in the address line. how often do people look at the url line? -Steve -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Hans Boldt Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:35 AM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Heads up! Yet another IE bug I know the reporting of possible exploits in IE is old hat, but here's a new one that everyone should be aware of. Read about it at Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/11/1319212.shtml Cheers! Hans _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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