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11-3-2016 WOT (Web Of Trust) Not so Trustworthy
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Web Of Trust ( WOT ) This once trusted Browser Ad-On has just been remove by both Google and Mozilla.( http://techdows.com/2016/11/web-of-trust-add-on-removed.html ) WOT add-on analysis Summary The WOT add-on can execute arbitrary code on any page, including privileged browser pages. Impact and severity: Critical. If WOT wants to, they can do anything ranging from stealing banking credentials to installing malware on the user’s compute r. At the time of analysis, this functionality was not abused. This mostly user based utility which was meant to help you decide the trustworthiness of a website now turns out to actually profit from selling your browsing habits. If it's