"Click Jacking" The latest online threat that can harvest your personal information

Cyber Security Update: 10/7/11 "Combatting Click Jacking by updating your browser"

 10/8/11, Michigan Cyber Security Summit: Today of all of the workshops this information really caught my attention presented by Mr. Brett McDowell, Security Analysis for PayPal.  "Click Jacking" is a format used by those involved in hacking, planting malware and creating webpages that look like the companies but has been changed and the page has buttons and links embedded that will send you to other sites and harvest your keystrokes and information that you put into the site because you assume it is where you want to be.

The goal of the updated browser (all formats) is to prevent malicious framing of content. The browser update with the "X Frame-Options"has been added to all of the browser updates.

This framing of content has impacted retail sites, banks, all sites providing for E-Commerce through "https" have the threat of their site being impacted and are working to correct this threat.

The first line of  defense is with the user" YOU" you must activate updates for Microsoft explorer, Mac's, Fire Fox, Google Chrome, and others all have this new code but it won't work if you have not updated your browser.

I've updated all of my computers in my home prior to this post and I will be sharing this as much as I can, please do the same. A link to a Fire Fox solution, a little technical but you'll get the gist


Rich Coleman, Leg. Rep, CPAM