Mobile code and security

• JavaScript

  • invasion of privacy
  • denial of service
  • Web spoofing

• Macro problems

  • the concept virus
  • the Melissa virus
  • the Love Bug
  • AnnaKournikova

• ActiveX

  • system modification attacks
  • stealing money

• Java security

  • more power equals more risk
  • attack applets in the lab

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