Financial Site Security Research Weak On Methodology and Timeliness |
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Sunday July 27, 2008. 06:47 PM eWeek
The tests used in a paper reported on last week were questionable back in 2006 when the data was collected. Today they are merely interesting, but not all that illustrative of reality. - A study by researchers at the University of
Michigan finds that more than 75% of bank web sites had at least one design
flaw that could allow attackers to compromise users accounts or their
identities. Unfortunately, the data was collected in November and December of
2006. The research was prese...
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