Facebook and Twitter are exposing users to phishing attacks by opening links in new windows
When a user clicks a link and it automatically opens in a new tab or window, that newly-opened page has some access to the source page that the user clicked from. That access is limited, but it's enough to force the source page to load a different website.
27 Sep 2016 ... Facebook and Twitter are exposing users to phishing attacks by opening links in new windows. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach. Keith Collins.