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Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability to compromise servers, create botnet

2013-05-29 14:25:25| InfoWorld: Top News

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails Web application development framework in order to compromise Web servers and create a botnet. The Ruby on Rails development team released a security patch for the vulnerability, which is known as CVE-2013-0156, back in January. However, some server administrators haven't yet updated their Rails installations.

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