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27th September 2007 - Link Blog

Google GMail E-mail Hijack Technique. Apparently Gmail has a CSRF vulnerability that lets malicious sites add new filters to your filter list—meaning an attacker could add a rule that forwards all messages to them without your knowledge.

Posted 27th September 2007 at 10:29 am

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