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Amazon 'Crossed' - Made to ban Gays |
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Written by SecurityWatch
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Monday, 20 April 2009 17:28 |
Amazon has this really great way of rating books, by using actualy visitor votes. The problem is that until recently this voting system was vulnerable to a cross site request forgery.
The URL that was accessed to register a single vote was spread across different sites. Using and invisible iframe people were made to register their votes against books and literature regarding Gays and Lesbians. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 April 2009 17:30 |
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Written by SecurityWatch
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Monday, 20 April 2009 17:08 |
Two worms attacked Twitter, the hottest social networking Giant, on Saturday and Sunday. A worm is a self replicating computer program. Self replication makes worms a lot more intelligent and complicated.
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 April 2009 17:11 |
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Facebook identity theft brings us back to the basics |
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Written by SecurityWatch
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Monday, 06 April 2009 07:35 |
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Its back to the basics for one of the most internet savvy people on facebook. Marc Freedman who is #6 on linkedin.com's most connected people list, had his facebook identity stolen for a smal but crucial period. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2009 07:28 |
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New tool on the block - Jikto |
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Written by SecurityWatch
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 06:33 |
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Using javascript as a hacking tool has always been a great idea... its easy to learn, easy to progam in and most imporatantly ... its everywhere. Every browser that claims to be a browser implements javascript. Its in everybody's computer and stand alone script written in javascript can run on any system that is or can be used for internet browsing. But that is just one side of he axe ... if hackers leverage the javascript to attack machines the attack would work on any machine that has a web browser and is used for browsing once in a while ... enter Jikto. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2009 06:44 |
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Facebook - play ground of the social predator |
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Written by SecurityWatch
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 13:31 |
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The reason why most people are'nt secure over the internet is that most of the attacks against individuals are non-technical and based on the human condition. The so-called social networks are an effective tool for the social predators as well, this was proved again by a quintessential social predator recently. |
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