[security-alerts] FW: "RSS Is Worm Bot's Next Target"

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: zeno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:zeno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 5:25 AM
> To: websecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; webappsec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [WEB SECURITY] "RSS Is Worm Bot's Next Target"
> 
> Yahoo news has an interesting article on worm propigation via 
> rss feeds.
> 
> "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." - Yahoo!
> 
> A whitepaper by Trend-Micro describes the concept more in detail.
> News Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20051129/tc_zd/166349
> Download The Paper: 
> http://www.trendmicro.com/NR/rdonlyres/EEE8DBC3-6948-4F0D-B5F4
> -0673260B88D5/17036/Future_of_Bots_FINAL.pdf
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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