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Hijacking Safari 4 Top Sites

A short video demonstration shows a new technique for exploiting a flaw in Apple Safari 4 that enables an attacker to hijack the Top Sites feature in Safari and replace the victim s Top Sites with phishing sites. The vulnerability and attack were discovered by Inferno.com. Criminals are using the end of the Trump presidency to deliver a new remote-access trojan (RAT) variant disguised as a sex video of the outgoing POTUS, researchers report. Citing a new security story that was hot with readers, security professionals and consumers throughout the year.

Source: https://threatpost.com/hijacking-safari-4-top-sites-081209/72973/

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