My company is dealing with online financial transactions, and this one is very serious. Although not yet fully exploited, the proof of concept is shown, and Bank of America in the illustration is being shown to be spoofed without the end user differentiating the security certificates issued for e-commerce. The result is harvesting your bank accounts and passwords for starters.

Web browser flaw could put e-commerce security at risk - CNET News
URL: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129693-83.html

Key piece of Internet technology that banks and e-commerce sites rely on to keep transactions safe suffers from a serious security vulnerability, an international team of researchers reports.


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