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Boy-in-the-Browser attacks continue to evade traditional anti-malware software(07/06/2011)
Boy-in-the-Browser (BITB) attacks are gaining force as they continue to evade traditional anti-malware software. Tomer Bitton, from the Imperva Application Defense Center, explains, “Many are familiar with Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks, but most are unaware of the lesser known Boy-in-the-Browser (BitB). Not as sophisticated as MitB, BitB malware has evolved from traditional key loggers and browser session records. The recent spate of BitB trojans that targeted Chilean banks, and their cus... [more]
Boy-in-the-Browser attacks have the same impact as a Man-in-the-Browser attack but are easier to execute(02/03/2011)
The Boy in the Browser is a sophisticated trojan, a “dumbed-down” version of MitB. In essence, a BitB is a less mature version of the MitB trojan, hence the name. With a BitB, the trojan takes control of the victim’s traffic and re-routes the information through an attacker’s proxy site. It is very difficult to detect since the victim’s address bar continues to present the address of the intended destination. For example, you as an infected victim are surfing to a bank's website, but in fact... [more]
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