Monday, October 11. 2004
Even more dangerous
Well, the danger level has just gone up a notch. At least one of the Citibank Phishing schemes is using the website to exploit the GDI+ JPEG vulnerability.
This is extraordinarily bad, but completely expected, news. Once the exploit is installed, the hackers would have strong control over your machine, meaning that their Phishing schemes could be made much more believable, or they could simply install a keystroke logger and get your userid and password that way, even if you decide not to fill out the online form.
This is extraordinarily bad, but completely expected, news. Once the exploit is installed, the hackers would have strong control over your machine, meaning that their Phishing schemes could be made much more believable, or they could simply install a keystroke logger and get your userid and password that way, even if you decide not to fill out the online form.
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