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Reddit Javascript Exploit Spreading Virally

Nithendil writes "guyhersh from reddit.com describes the situation (warning: title NSFW): Based on what I've seen today, here's what went down. Reddit user Empirical wrote javascript code where if you copied and pasted it into the address bar, you would instantly spam that comment by replying to all the comments on the page and submitting it. Later xssfinder posted a proof of concept where if you hovered over a link, it would automatically run a Javascript. He then got the brilliant idea to combine the two scripts together, tested it and it spread from there."

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  1. Is this good news or bad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know. Sounds good !!

  2. Re:White hat vs Black hat by mcgrew · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you think stops black hats from converting? Easy money? Life outside the "norm"?

    Sociopathy, perhaps?

  3. Re:NSFW? by BlackSabbath · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Eye owl wise ewes a spill chucker sew eye no my spilling is core wrecked.

    Hey, whadda ya know? A sig with a New Zealand accent.

    (Yeah, yeah, I know, offtopic, blah, blah, mod-away...)

  4. Re:NSFW? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only fucking thing NSFW about the link is that it fucking says "What the fuck" in the title. And if you can read my fucking comment, you can go ahead and fucking click that link.

    And here's another "Fuck" just for the heck of it.

    Warning: my comment was NSFW and should not have been read.

  5. Re:NSFW? by tehcyder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Warning! The above post is NSFW!

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    To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
  6. That's how IT saved the world. by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you imagine the same people in other fields of science?

    "...Hey guys, look! I made the black hole generator we were theorizing yesterday! See? I just have to press this button and

    1. Re:That's how IT saved the world. by Idiomatick · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is why the engineer engineers make fun of us in software engineering. :(

    2. Re:That's how IT saved the world. by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Funny

      Can you imagine the same people in other fields of science?

      "...Hey guys, look! I made the black hole generator we were theorizing yesterday! See? I just have to press this button and

      They keep having problems with that black hole generator, just wait until November.

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      It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
  7. Re:NSFW? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    FUCK!!!

  8. Re:if you read the posts backwards by Neoncow · · Score: 2, Funny

    It actually works the same way if you read it forwards.