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RSS and Web Feeds a Risk?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the risk-around-every-cyber-corner dept.

A followup whitepaper [PDF] to a recent talk at the blackhat security conference has been released outlining the risks associated with web based feeds such as RSS and Atom. From the article: "Attackers could exploit the problem by setting up a malicious blog and enticing a user to subscribe to the RSS feed. More likely, however, they would add malicious JavaScript to the comments on a trusted blog, Auger said. "A lot of blogs will take user comments and stick them into their own RSS feeds," he said."

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  1. Heh by Andrew+Kismet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't it amusing I found this article by using /.'s own RSS fee!"$%&() ****NO CARRIER****

  2. Re:So.. by truthsearch · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a bad analogy. The internet's more like a series of tubes than a truck... oh, um, forget it.

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  3. Re:RSS Feed: Jews are the enemy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You were awesome in Braveheart.

  4. Bogus by Nijika · · Score: 4, Funny

    NEWSFLASH: Hackers MAY set up websites and services to lure victims! Film at 11.

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