Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
Colluding browser extension attack on user privacy and its implication for web browsers. |
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
•We explore Firefox XPCOM interfaces to expose security threats, and exploits.•The collusion between two extensions can cause privacy leakage attacks.•Colluding attacks are effective against client-side security exists for extensions.•Privacy of banking and shopping domains can be leaked using colluding extensions.•The browser security can be breached using colluding extensions. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2016 | 10.1016/j.cose.2016.09.003 | Computers & Security |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Cyber attacks,Browser attacks,Script-based attacks,Malicious scripts,Extension-based attacks,Browser vulnerabilities,Colluding attack | Address space,World Wide Web,Internet privacy,Web browser,Computer security,Privilege escalation,Computer science,Session hijacking,Communication channel,User privacy,Covert communication | Journal |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
63 | 0167-4048 | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.37 | 22 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Saini | 1 | 7 | 1.80 |
| Manoj S. Gaur | 2 | 501 | 63.38 |
| Vijay Laxmi | 3 | 478 | 57.09 |
| Mauro Conti | 4 | 2430 | 203.80 |