Re: Defeating Citibank Virtual Keyboard protection using screenshot method

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2007-05-10 Florian Weimer wrote:
> * David Gillett:
> > > But your point above:
> > > "without installing malware on the victim host"
> > >
> > > Although true on some level, is bogus for the purpose of this work,
> > > as it being written makes an automatic assumption on working only
> > > after malware is installed.
> >
> >   The principle of "defence in depth" is that each security measure
> > adds to overall security by providing protections that continue to
> > operate even if other defences have been breached.
>
> Isn't it more like combining several things which aren't
> unconditionally secure by themselves, in the hope that the result is
> something you can actually live with?

That would hardly qualify as "in depth".

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Ansgar Wiechers
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