Why Log Off Your Accounts?

We all know that we must log off all our accounts before leaving a cybercafé. But is it necessary on our home PCs?
Turns out, you are better off logging out all accounts even at home.
I recently read somewhere that the Internet Explorer 8 is getting ready to protect users from clickjacking attacks. A little digging, and I found a lot of literature on this subtle attack called CSRF that is being dubbed “the sleeping giant” of web vulnerabilities.
Cross-site Request Forgery
Suppose Alice closed her bank page without logging out and that the session is still alive. Now she opens an apparently …read more