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rcjordan
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Debbie says...
Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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June 25, 2020, 11:55:15 PM »
What's the word? ...
gobsmacked!
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hide-credit-card-stealing-scripts-in-favicon-exif-data/
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gm66
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Re: Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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June 26, 2020, 12:15:17 AM »
Nice vector.
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ergophobe
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Re: Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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June 26, 2020, 04:22:45 AM »
Another reason to run an image-optimization script that strips EXIF data I guess.
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rcjordan
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Debbie says...
Re: Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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February 10, 2021, 03:49:37 AM »
Browser ‘Favicons’ Can Be Used as Undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to Track You Online
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v5y7/browser-favicons-can-be-used-as-undeletable-supercookies-to-track-you-online
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Re: Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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February 10, 2021, 06:22:02 PM »
Of course they can. I probably would not have thought of it in a million years, but the second someone says it...
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rcjordan
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Re: Hackers hide credit card stealing scripts in favicon EXIF data
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February 19, 2021, 02:04:23 PM »
"Powerful tracking vector
The attack works against Chrome, Safari, Edge, and until recently Brave, which developed an effective countermeasure after receiving a private report from the researchers. Firefox would also be susceptible to the technique, but a bug prevents the attack from working at the moment."
New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/new-browser-tracking-hack-works-even-when-you-flush-caches-or-go-incognito/
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