That’s right. There’s a new kind of Phishing attack to steal your information created with the intention of disguising some of your browser’s tabs as one site that you trust which requires your log in information by using the principle of  memory malleability. For example: Gmail. This way, the perpetrator can get your log in info without you even noticing and then redirect you to the real deal.

User names and passwords are not enough anymore:

Credit Aza Raskin. Mozilla’s Using Interface Specialist.

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