full-disclosure - Re: F-Secure to release XSS "potential dangers"

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Message-ID: <44952da30607262041wac6f3f1ya00aa49170eefaa0@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:11:36 +0530
From: "Mike M" <mkmaxx@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: F-Secure to release XSS "potential dangers"

Drama queen

From: n3td3v <xploitable@...il.com>
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] F-Secure to release XSS "potential dangers"
> To: n3td3v <n3td3v@...glegroups.com>
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
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> [snip]Fortunately no one has tried to inject malcious code... yet.
>
> We'll finish our draft with more on the potential dangers of XSS for
> you soon.[/snip]
>
> See:
>
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
>
> It is a blog entry titled "Netscape hacked".
>
> F-Secure to encourage Digg script kiddies to hack Netscape properly?
>
> This is highly irresponsible of F-Secure and they should be held
> legally responsible if the information they release in relation to
> their "Netscape hacked" blog entry is used maliciously.
>
> F-Secure know the enemy of the Netscape web site are reading their blog:
>
> See:
>
> http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Netscape_com_HACKED_2
>
> Yet, F-Secure are going to release XSS information anyway, to better
> assist those would-be Digg script kids who want to bring harm to the
> Netscape, Digg styled web site.
>
> The only potential danger will be caused by F-Secure, if they go ahead
> and release the XSS information they promise to release, in the
> context of Netscape being hacked. It is the wrong context in which to
> be talking about releasing malicious XSS code examples. F-Secure will
> be F-Secure I guess though. Time for important people in the security
> industry to back me up on this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> n3td3v
>
>

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