February 4, 2010

WiFi cyber criminals easily hijack your browser

Network World reports on the BlackHat talk by security researcher Mike Kershaw in the article "How Wi-Fi Attackers Are Poisoning Web Browsers." Scary stuff!

Next time you use your laptop to connect at the Internet cafe, be sure to use private browsing mode and manually clear the cache when you're done.

Kershaw asks, "Who knows how to clear the browser cache in an iPhone?" [sound of crickets chirping]

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