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June 15, 2005
Could RSS Deliver Spyware?
[Bloggers Blog * Blogging News and Trends *] Another nasty possibility, said Stiennon, is that a vulnerability will be found in one of the big blogging services. "If a spyware writer finds a way to inject code into a blogging site -- which could take the form of a SOAP object -- most likely through a future vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7, then everyone who subscribes to that service's blog RSS feeds is gonna get infected." Such an attack could be massive, and because of the automated nature of RSS, extremely fast-acting.
Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Spywareblog.com] Spyware Blog: "Windows was developed as a platform, and is extremely extensible, so we can integrate into the system," Newman said. "The problem is, anyone can do that, including malware writers." To effectively fight spyware, he said, you need software that can do more than just look at a file, poll a list of known bad files, and identify it as good or malicious. Spyware often imitates legitimate files, or finds ways of hiding itself on your system.
[Dotnetjunkies.com] Rogue anti spyware blog: From Spyware Warrior: "a rogue anti-spyware blog. ... Spyware Warrior on the other hand is great blog if you're interested in the details of who is scum. ...
[Bloggersblog.com] Bloggers Blog * Blogging News and Trends *: Bloglines' milestone reflects the meteoric rise in popularity of blogs as a new communication channel, the development of RSS-type technologies for content syndication, and the creation of user-friendly newsreaders to simplify the process of subscribing to blogs and news feeds of interest. Between January and June of this year, the size of the Bloglines index doubled.
[Nick.typepad.com] Nick Bradbury: Spyware purveyors looking into RSS: I immediately replied that I wasn't interested in doing business with them, but I'm sure I'm not the only one they've contacted. If you're involved in developing an RSS reader, be sure to research any company seeking to do business with you before replying to their request. The last thing RSS needs is affiliation with spyware.
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Posted at June 15, 2005 05:45 AM
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