IE is the browser that would allow the activeX controls to run, cuasing extra concern... given the history of the browsers, I would suspect that other browsers would not be as susceptible to this sort of attack... :)
That said, it does look like someone was able to set up a cross site scripting hack.... which is more or less browser independent... Shawn On Saturday 30 August 2008 17:55:36 Gustin Johnson wrote: > Andrew Anderson wrote: > > Anyone seen this? > > Not until now, but this is pretty cool. > > > When browsing to a site listed in their search …. They warn me of a > > possible exploit? > > In the details they list where the badware came from (surprise surprise > Russia) and there was an average of two processes started from visiting > this page. Drive by download victim it looks like. > > Also, what are you doing with IE? At lease have the decency to post > screen-shots from a different browser :) > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
