In this blog i talk about the history of XSS worms, how they evolved to spread through multiple webmail providers and the client-server model involved in a XSS botnet.
More here:
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/07/19/the-nduja-job-into-the-world-of-xss-worms/
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