Tag Archive for 'proxies'

Anatomy of a Google 302 Redirect Hijack

Recently while Googling “Olla de Carne” (Costa Rican beef stew) my browser was hijacked after taking a search results link. Rather than receiving a list of ingredients, the link redirected the browser to a bogus antivirus site that mimicked Windows and faked an integrated Explorer virus scan (see screenshot below or watch the video).

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Web Development and Debugging Tools

Following is a  list of cross-browser/platform web development and debugging tools useful for client-side developers. Depending on the application, one or all of these tools can be valuable in completing work on a website front-end.

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