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Seven mobile browsers vulnerable to address bar spoofing attacks – ZDNet
Vulnerabilities allow attackers to trick users into accessing malicious sites while showing the incorrect URL in the address bar.
Image: Rapid7, ZDNet
An “address bar spoofing” vulnerability refers to a bug in a web browser that allows a malicious website to modify its real URL and show a fake one instead usually one for a legitimate site.
Address bar spoofing vulnerabilities have been around since the early days of the web, but they have never been so dangerous as they are today.
While on desktop browsers there are various signs and security features that could be used to detect when malicious code alters the address b…
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