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Ropemaker - new Exploit for Desktop Email Clients
Mimecast (Email security vendor) has publish a warning today about possible email exploit called Ropemaker.
A new type of email exploit could affect all kind of computer users, even the most advanced. Practically all desktop email clients are vulnerable to this exploit if sending message in html format.
Read more at www.eweek.com | security/ropemaker-email-exploit-exposes-desktop-clients-to-security-risks
The Ropemaker attack abuses desktop email client functionality that enables email messages to pull CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) information from a remote location. Mimecast's researchers found that an attacker can inject or replace CSS information with malicious information that could lead to exploitation.