Security Alert : Phishers Slipping Past IE7 & Norton 360
"There is some malicious infection on my machine regarding IE 7, which Symantec hasn't worked out and Microsoft hasn't either."
That's how one Register reader is reporting a strange spoofing attack that appears to be undetectable by Internet Explorer 7 and Norton 360. Originally thought to only affect PayPal and eBay, it appears that bank sites too have started slipping through the anti-phishing net.
Practicing rigorous PC hygiene, using only the latest locked-down version of IE, running Norton 360 and AdAware scans still isn't enough, apparently.
But Firefox isn't affected.
More details (and screenshots) here.
Comments
Well, reading through the article, it looks as if some form of malware is running on the computer - one that targets IE and not Firefox (by design, though FF is probably equally vulnerable).
So an infected computer is no longer secure - is there something new to that?
Posted by: Anonymous | June 3, 2007 4:15 AM