FW: "RSS Is Worm Bot's Next Target"

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: zeno () cgisecurity net [mailto:zeno () cgisecurity net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:25 PM
To: websecurity () webappsec org; webappsec () securityfocus com
Subject: "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 () cgisecurity com
http://www.cgisecurity.com
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