Tag Archives : Cross-site scripting

Twitter explains “onMouseOver” security flaw

Twitter explains “onMouseOver” security flaw

Twitter Yesterday, thousands of Twitter users found themselves redirected to other websites, and that they were automatically sending tweets to  to others due to  a security hole on Twitter’s website. The attack was caused by malicious users using cross-site scripting (XSS) and it was particularly worrying because it could be exploited simply by hovering over a link on a page. In some [...]
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