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"Our latest research has found that clickable links on websites can often be
redirected to malicious destinations. We call these “hijackable hyperlinks” and
have found them by the millions across the whole of the web, including on
trusted websites.
Our paper, published at the 2024 Web Conference, shows that cybersecurity
threats on the web can be exploited at a drastically greater scale than
previously thought.
Concerningly, we found these hijackable hyperlinks on the websites of large
companies, religious organisations, financial firms and even governments. The
hyperlinks on these websites can be hijacked without triggering any alarms.
Only vigilant – some might say paranoid – users would avoid falling into these
traps.
If we were able to find these vulnerabilities across the web, so can others.
Here’s what you need to know."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
