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Keylogging threat could lead to more attacks, say researchers
A new threat is looming for browsers and it's not related to JavaScript.
Security researcher Mario Heiderich reported to the maker of Firefox last year that he had found an unusual vulnerability in the browser and two other Mozilla products that run on the Gecko engine, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Based in the relatively new technology that allows for animated complex vector graphics in the browser, called SVG animation, the vulnerability allowed for a malware writer to detect key strokes even when JavaScript was disabled.
Basically, he found a way to turn innocuous Web pages into keyloggers. Mozilla patched the … Read more
