Netflix Users In Danger of Unknowingly Picking Up Malware 153
An anonymous reader writes "Users of Silverlight, Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash, are in danger of having malware installed on their computers and being none the wiser, as an exploit for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2013-0634) in the app framework has been added to the Angler exploit kit. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker hosts a website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application that could exploit this vulnerability and then convinces a user to view the website. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements."
You'd think something like Silverlight would automatically upgrade itself.
Re:Silverlight *does* patch automatically ... (Score:5, Funny)
Unless you're one of those "smart" people that use windows
I usually take the stairs or the elevator, but I guess if you're in a hurry....
Re:Automatic upgrade (Score:5, Funny)
But the headline, it's so scary. Netflix users BEWARE! There be DRAGONS ahead. Boo!
Re:Hey come on, gotta hate on MS! (Score:5, Funny)
That's ridiculous. How would it automatically update itself? Windows doesn't even have the basic tools for it, like apt and cron!
Re:Automatic upgrade (Score:5, Funny)
I hear you can get pregnant just by watching Netflix on an unpatched computer!