The Twitter Exploit That Could Have Stolen Your Info and Much, M...

Courtesy Mashable!  Tue, 08/25/2009 - 17:49

Earlier today, I received a message from a friend saying that his friend had found a major exploit and would be willing to demo it for me.

I, of course, asked for proof – and I quickly got it in the form of an ominous popup on a Twitter profile.

And from the looks of it, this exploit had the potential to steal your cookies, take your login info, and deal a lot of damage.

Found...


 

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