On 12/8/13, Warren Bailey wrote:
http://m.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2013/12/06/352ba174-5397-11e...
Noticed this tonight.. Not saying the WP is always on target, but what software could be installed via a browser on any computer to gather all of that data? And how would it be done without the OS speaking up about it? Far fetched.. Or do the Firefox / chrome guys have some 'splainin to do?
"The goal of the software was to gather a range of information — Web sites he had visited and indicators of the location of the computer..." That's available from just the browser - don't need to install any software on the computer. Altho if the browser is exploitable http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/freedom-hosting/ The malware showed up Sunday morning on multiple websites hosted by the anonymous hosting company Freedom Hosting. That would normally be considered a blatantly criminal “drive-by” hack attack, but nobody’s calling in the FBI this time. The FBI is the prime suspect. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2013-August/000089.html To be clear, while the Firefox vulnerability is cross-platform, the attack code is Windows-specific. Regards, Lee