Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business 287
Selanit writes "Salon.com is reporting
on a company which exploited a vulnerability in an old but common version of Internet Explorer's Java engine to install spyware on the visitor's machine. " It's a pretty in depth story showing the lack of respect that
some companies have. My favorite part is that the guy who denies any knowledge
of the trojan popup is named 'Frank Bigott'.
Ah, the irony (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft, security and Java... (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't it odd that the only Java security exploit to be used in the wild is in the VM produced by Microsoft that didn't obey the Java spec.
Now a cynical person would say that this would enable Microsoft to point at Java and say "Java is insecure" but of course I'm not a cynical person and I'm sure it was purely an accident.
Re:Not a good day for M$ on Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How Exactly (Score:2, Funny)
With refrence to your order CR12345778092
We are sorry to tell you that your order is in a holding queue.
As you will be aware all transactions require the primaries signiture signed in triplicate in BLOOD.
Unfortunatly you seam to have taken this to mean the blood of any conviniant human near by.
We require the signature to be in your blood.
We are sorry for the delay this missunderstanding has caused and look forward to taking possession of your soul at the earlist.
Yours,
B. L. Z. Bub
Head of Customour Resources
Hell
Re:Microsoft, security and Java... (Score:1, Funny)
Big-Boo-TAY (Score:2, Funny)
A good day for microsoft would be: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not a good day for M$ on Slashdot (Score:1, Funny)
M$ bought by VA Software (Score:2, Funny)
Re:LA Based ? CPC 502 applies (Score:3, Funny)
Prison?
Concrete shoes?
In the trunk of a car?
Handcuffed to the floor in a crack house?
Sounds good, but could you be more specific?
Re:Block Flowgo at SMTP (Score:1, Funny)
you could always change it to forward all emails from their domain to the administrative address for their domain. Make them read their own spam =)
Just in case Slashdot gets slashdotted!! (Score:1, Funny)
Selanit writes "Salon.com is reporting on a company which exploited a vulnerability in an old but common version of Internet Explorer's Java engine to install spyware on the visitor's machine. " It's a pretty in depth story showing the lack of respect that some companies have. My favorite part is that the guy who denies any knowledge of the trojan popup is named 'Frank Bigott'.
Re:Block Flowgo at SMTP (Score:2, Funny)
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power is actually pretty cool." -- Tom Clancy (The Bear and the Dragon)
Re:Ad-aware (Score:2, Funny)