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what to do when a RSS feed points to a ransomware server #975
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It's difficult to give a general answer, but my opinion is it's no riskier visiting a site with Vienna than visiting it with the default version of Safari accompanying your version of macOS. |
How much code does Vienna let a page load and execute? The same as Chrome (I do not use Safari)? Ideally it should load the text and little more (maybe images that are statically linked?). This is a potentially serious issue because Vienna visits tons of sites, more than I'd do by hand, and thus can increase the risk substantially. I do not think that not being too much worried is a proactive enough security approach. |
The main risk is with outdated webkit plugins (like Flash, Silverquick…). Vienna can run them while Safari is increasingly deprecating them. Have a look at |
Not really a Vienna issue, but I had two RSS feed connecting to ransomware associated servers and causing the IT department to get pretty excited (details below). The question is, can ransomware or other malware be passed on to my own computer through Vienna?
My details: MacOS 10.12.6, Vienna 3.1.11 :2aa3b6bd:
The feeds:
www.thejoinersapprentice.com pointing to 45.33.9.234
and
www.holteyplanes.com pointing to 79.170.40.167
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