Tag: man-in-the-middle
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Researchers demonstrate how IPv6 can easily be used to perform MitM attacks
Many devices simply waiting for router advertisements, good or evil. When early last year I was doing research for an article on IPv6 and security, I was surprised to learn how easy it was to set up an IPv6 tunnel into an IPv4-only environment. I expected this could easily be used in various nefarious ways.…
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Phishing danger increases as Storm botnet is hired out
Smart new trojan and Storm diversification add to online banking risk. The dangers of banking online grew significantly in past weeks, as portions of the ever-expanding Storm botnet were hired out to run phishing campaigns and a sophisticated new trojan was discovered, capable of targeting 400 different online banking systems around the world. With the…