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RE: Warning about phishing links

in #scam6 years ago

Be careful what you are clicking on. If it runs javascript then it can do a great deal on your computer, for example people can even go so far to open a shell on your computer using javascript. This is something that people do often when they exploit xss attacks, but if you are willingly visiting a site then they don't even need to trick you into running the javascript.
You can see more about this type of attack here:


https://www.slideshare.net/BartLeppens/owasp-appseceu-2015-beef-session (See from slide 49)

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