Trend Micro: RSS Is Worm Bot's Next Target
Ryan Naraine writes in eWeek:
Security researchers at Trend Micro Inc. have pinpointed RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology as a lucrative target for future bot worm attacks.
David Sancho, senior anti-virus research engineer at Trend Micro, warned that RSS feed hijacking will become commonplace when Microsoft Corp. ships Internet Explorer 7, a browser refresh that will feature built-in RSS support.
In a white paper titled "The Future of Bot Worms," Sancho said the IE7 release "will open some interesting possibilities to worm creators."
posted by Fergie @ 11/29/2005 06:06:00 PM
1 Comments:
Oh well, many months late, dollars short, and now they will hype it as the next “Oh my God we are all going to die” threat, which will be slow to materialize because there are already issues with it. RSS IS NOT NEW and the inclusion of RSS Feeds into Microsoft will not DOOM the world to PERIL! Heck Google desktop already has RSS feeds, you can program your RSS Reader, RSS Readers are ubiquitous over at Download.com, so hey Trend, what’s the deal?
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