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Chrome and Safari users open to stealth HTML5 AppCache attack

Chrome and Safari let any site create an HTML5 Application Cache without prompting, and unlike ordinary cache it can hold a site's root resource. On a hostile Wi-Fi an attacker frames http://mail.google.com/mail/ and caches a fake Gmail login for it, so credentials are stolen later on a trusted network. Pointing the manifest at an existing file keeps the poisoned entry alive.

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lava
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blog.andlabs.org
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