RSS Security Issues
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It’s quite evident that RSS enclosures are a security threat, especially if RSS aggregator developers don’t start automatically (by default) blocking certain types of content item “attachements”. If they don’t, RSS could easily be used to “infest” trusting people with harmful executable files.
Furthermore, in an IT Manager’s Journal article, Richard Stiennon, vice president of threat research at anti-spyware company Webroot, warns against the possibility of profit seekers going further and finding new and new ways of exploiting RSS.
Malicious code in full-text content items is the first that comes to mind.
