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  1. Comment - Firefox Community Site Hacked Again

    (Oct 4, 2005 - 9:13 PM)

    He wasn't referring directly to ActiveX. He was referring to a product of Microsoft's that is notorious for being unsafe.

  2. Comment - Firefox Community Site Hacked Again

    (Oct 4, 2005 - 9:10 PM)

    Whether hackers use the software or not does not make it immune to an attack. Sometimes an attack could be done by a group, or an individual, who does not agree with the product or has something to prove. Other times it is a direct attack on the users of the product.

    In Firefox's case:

    1. It has been hyped as the most secure browser ever. This gives hackers (and wanna-be-hackers) a incentive to find the first (or most dangerous) exploit.

    2. Firefox has a large user base, by finding an exploit they can directly attack the users of that product.

    3. Some people diagree with the over commercialisation of Firefox.

    I'm sure there are many other reasons out there as to why people dislike Firefox or want to attack the software.

    At the end of the day, the software itself was not attacked in this situation. If the attackers wanted to prove that Firefox was unsafe they have failed. By attacking the servers that host (or distribute) the software, they are saying "You're software is too hard to attack, so we will do the next best thing... attack your site".

    In my opinion, this isn't a direct attack at Firefox. This is an attack on a high profile site, in hopes of getting recognition or boosting the attackers ego.