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You are here: Home » The RSS Marketing Diary » RSS for Webmasters » RSS Security Issues June 6, 2005 RSS Security Issues 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.
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It is too bad the dark side of the internet will eventually exploit RSS. The first security problem I see is the embedded email address of the publisher in the RSS (XML) code. A feed will not validate without an email address in the proper format and it is only a matter of time before spammers start harvesting email addresses from feeds. Post a comment
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