[Lvlug] IE BHO Object that steals your Bank Passwords

[Dann S. Washko]

Mike Warren wrote:
> http://isc.incidents.org/
> 
> If this isn't a reason to disable BHO or install firefox/opera on
> grannies computer I dont know what is.  The sneaky bastards slap this
> BHO on your computer through popups and they grab any POST data that
> is about to go over SSL.  It then send it online for the hacker to
> view.  It specifically targets online banks.
> 
> Smart guys, if you can't beat SSL, grab the passwords plain text :).
> 
> Thank god I'm not using IE.
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Hey thanks for this post.  Don't hear much about it in the news yet.

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