On: Aljazeera News website hacked

[smoody]

Why would anyone click on a link to view a hacked website? If a website has been hacked, then it could also be transmitted malware to viewers' computers, couldn't it?

[level09 → smoody]

Not really, unless you are still on IE6

[kapitalx → level09]

It isn't impossible. There will always be zero-day vulnerabilities in any software. Here is an example that even chrome sandbox can have holes:

http://www.techspot.com/news/47731-google-rushes-out-chrome-...

[greedo → level09]

Sure. All browser exploits are ineffective on anything newer than IE6.

Please hand over your geek card.

[jonny_eh → level09]

Or have the latest Java plugin enabled.

[xSwag → smoody]

I checked the source, it just contains an image embed, no exploit kits. Nothing to worry about!

[Mizza → xSwag]

facepalm

That's an extremely naive understanding of how exploits work. Your machine is profiled before the content is delivered. Because something is clean for you by no means that there is 'nothing to worry about' for other people.