Seriously, Another Browser Bug?!

Oh joy. Some researchers found a way to make the Comet browser – yes, another browser nobody asked for – spill its guts and send emails like a goddamn informant. It’s called “Cometjacking,” because apparently naming things with “-jacking” is still a thing. Basically, if you craft a malicious link *just right*, it tricks the browser into thinking you’re legitimately logging in to an email account, then it happily forwards all your emails to the attacker. Like it’s doing them a favor.

The problem? Comet uses this stupidly insecure method of handling authentication tokens. It stores them in plain text and doesn’t bother with proper security checks. So, some clever bastard figured out how to exploit that. They’ve demonstrated it works on Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook, and ProtonMail – because why limit the damage, right?

The good news (and I use that term *very* loosely) is you need to click a specific link. The bad news? People click links. All the time. And the developers have supposedly patched it, but honestly, if your browser needs patching for something this basic, maybe just… don’t use it. Seriously.

Don’t come crying to me when you get phished because of some half-baked browser security. You were warned.

Read the full, infuriating story here

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Reminds me of this time a user insisted on using IE6 because “it just works.” “Just works” until every single website broke and their machine was riddled with malware. Some people are determined to live in the past, even if that past is actively trying to ruin their lives. Honestly, it’s exhausting.

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