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Tabnapping

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Tabnapping

Digital Social Care

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Digital Social Care (digitalsocialcare.org.uk)

Tabnapping targets people who keep multiple tabs open in their browser, often for long periods of time. The fraudsters then use JavaScript to change the contents and label of an open, but not active, tab to resemble the log-in screen of a bank, email provider or online shopping store.

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