Insert link facilitates phishing attacks
Gasper Zejn
zejn at kiberpipa.org
Tue Nov 19 04:18:24 EST 2013
Pidgin's feature insert link can be used to launch a phishing attack, see
attached image.
By inserting a link into description link, you can fool a more knowledgeable
person thinking he is clicking a link to page A, when in fact the link will
take him to page B.
kind regards,
Gašper Žejn
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