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LiveJournal XSS Security Challenge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-game-worth-playing dept.

Jamesday writes "LiveJournal is offering a free permanent account and possibly other prizes to those who find new vulnerabilities in its XSS Security Challenge. LiveJournal has recently been attacked via a Firefox XSS exploit."

6 of 66 comments (clear)

  1. I have no time for this by Steev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe if the prize was something useful, I might be interested. I have my hands full exploiting MySpace.

  2. possible other prizes by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    LiveJournal is offering a free permanent account and possibly other prizes

    Rumours are the other prizes include books on forming lasting interpersonal relationships, 7-day trips to Club Med, and the book 'Romance for Dummies.'

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  3. OOOh! A shiny thing! by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    A free LiveJournal account? Boy, my friends on MySpace will be so jealous!

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    I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
  4. hacker demographic? by revery · · Score: 4, Funny

    Teenage, earth-loving, wiccan hackers unite!

    the above comment is an unfair stereotype and should be viewed with extreme suspicion

  5. Excellent idea by tdvaughan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Prize for proving that a product is insecure and poorly designed: the product itself!

  6. TRANSLATION: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We're too incompetent and lazy to fix our own stuff. Why don't you do it for us, and for cheap/free?"