Tabnapping tutorial&how to stay secure

What is tabnapping?

tab napping is a new form of phishing..in which a attacker redirects a normal looking page to malformed page either in some time or when victims moves to other already opened tabs.This might sound simple but its very effective as victims feels comfortable with normal looking page and voilla he gets pawned when he moves back to orignal tab

this trick was developed by aza razkin

how to stay safe from tabnapping
1)Always look for the url in adress bar before logging in to important sites.

2)Try using no-script addon from firefox it will disable js and other malicious scripts which can be used by hackers.

3)Try using ctr+n for tabs






here is the video demonstrating  it practically


here is the code

A New Type of Phishing Attack from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.