Windows 8 keyjacking attack discovered

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By John Leyden, 1st July 2013

A security researcher has discovered a sneaky social engineering trick that might be used to disguise the go-ahead to run hostile code on Windows 8 machines. The so-called keyjacking technique, uncovered by Italian security researcher Rosario Valotta, is similar to clickjacking. However, instead of fooling marks into generating fake Facebook likes, the keyjacking involves disguising a "run executable" dialogue box within a CAPTCHA challenge.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/01/keyjacking_attack_targets_letter_r_captchas/

The awesomeness of windows 

[Darkvision]

good article. got to love how this stuff evolves

[Pak_Track]

I'm very surprised. Microsoft, being a popular company, should atleast have some skilled people. This is so stupid, it makes me think the NSA bought Microsoft very secretly 

[vezzy]

This is so stupid, it makes me think the NSA bought Microsoft very secretly 

I can't believe it took you this long to figure it out.