“Hackers posing as browsers can use forms included on virtually
any Web site to plant malicious code…”
“The nation?s top computer experts warned Internet users
Wednesday about a serious new security threat that allows hackers
to launch malicious programs on a victim?s computer or capture
information a person volunteers on a Web site, such as credit card
numbers.”
“THE THREAT, DUBBED “cross-site scripting,” involves dangerous
computer code that can be hidden within innocuous-looking links to
popular Internet sites. The links can be e-mailed to victims or
published to online discussion groups and Web pages. The
vulnerability was especially unusual because it is not limited to
software from any particular company. Any Web browser on any
computer visiting a complex Web site is at risk.”
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