Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 21-05-2008, 17:29   #6963
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by bigsanta11 View Post
"Questions raised about the security of EV-SSL

Sintonen demonstrated how the use of cross-site scripting could be used to prompt users for their login credentials and then send the credentials to an unauthorised server. Sintonen also injected code that caused a pop-up window to appear on the page and said the flaw could be used to steal user cookies."

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=13109&

Why steal cookies,seeing as the phorm pr has stated that nothing can be gained from them ?
It has already been posted that a yahoo cookie has the persons postcode in it. There is plenty in the cookie which phnorm wish to make those unaware think it is nothing but your cookie can fingerprint you down to town street and small number of houses...
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