Experts Fear Internet Addressing Flaw Already Being Exploited
Dan Kaminsky, a security expert and the guy to originally discover the flaw, believes attacks are happening now. "This attack is very good. [It] is being weaponised out in the field. Everyone needs to patch, please." He's urging network administrators and IT personnel everywhere to upgrade their systems to prevent this flaw, which could allow hackers to redirect traffic meant to go to banks and other secure online sites to anywhere they like.
It's a big step beyond the typical phishing attack, where scammers try to get you to click on a link on a site that looks like the real thing. If those phishers were using this exploit there would be no easy way for you to tell the site you were typing your password into is the real thing! Again, the patch is out there, so hopefully major sites have been fixed, but still it wouldn't hurt to be a little extra cautious for awhile before typing in your info. [Source: BBC News]
