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Twitter Suffers Web Interface Exploit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-meant-to-tweet-that dept.

HaloZero writes "We're seeing lots of re-tweets on Twitter.com right now, all containing a fragment of JavaScript, which re-tweets itself when moused-over on the Twitter web interface. This could easily be muted into a more sinister attack, so it is recommended that you use a third party client application, or refrain from social media altogether until the problem is resolved."

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  1. Also saw by asdfington · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://a.no/@"onmouseover=";$('textarea:first.val(this.innerHTML);$.('status-update-form.submit();"class="modal-overlay"/ which puts an overlay on the whole site, causing any mouseover to retweet. Personally I think this is pretty hilarious. If you mouse around a bunch you get something like this: http://i.imgur.com/qTPeK.png Yes I know you can see my acct. in the bg, I don't care; if it were private, why would I put it on twitter?

  2. Re:Hmm by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For personal one to one text communications I don't see how you can improve on texts/SMS, and for anything else what does twitter do that a web site can't?

    In fact, I would say it is the communication (real or imagined) with "famous" people that makes it so appealing. When you lo into Film Star A's blog, you know you're just doing the equivalent of reading her diary. But when you get a tweet on your mobile phone, it's sort of like she's talking directly to you.

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  3. Re:Easy solution by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    *sobs* who ever thought we'd be getting nostalgic for blink tags?

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