This is not a particularly revolutionary thought but, it is a good write up on RSS as an attack vector. I first saw a talk about this at Black Hat in 2006 (Vegas).
Users of Web feed services such as Real Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom might want to make doubly sure they are not downloading malicious code along with their favorite Web content.
That’s because the growing use of Web feed readers and the proliferation of content-aggregation sites are giving hackers a really simple way to deliver keystroke loggers, Trojan horses and other malware onto their computers, security analysts warn.
For the full text follow the link.
[tags]RSS Hacking, Malware, Hacker[/tags]
