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Firesheep: who is eating my cookies?
Internet is great, and everyday millions of people spend their day surfing it, using Google, Gmail, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Some people buy at ebay,…
An instant with Google Instant
Google Instant highlights just how marvelous human beings are: we can search for something at the same time as we read the results, without our…
OnMouseOver XSS Vulnerability on Twitter
This morning we observed a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack taking place on Twitter. This particular vulnerability took advantage of the onmouseover function in JavaScript,…
How to Get Hacked on Facebook
One of the most common scenarios we observe on a daily basis are users coaxed into phishing campaigns and malicious applications on Facebook. As we…
Do I like it or not? (Facebook clickjacking)
Facebook is the biggest social network, and in spite of the controversy caused by the (lack of) privacy of information, it doesn’t stop growing. One…
Extreme sports: 2010 FIFA World Cup BHSEO attack
The football lovers all know that next Friday, June 11, the 2010 FIFA World Cup is starting in South Africa. The problem is that the…
News on Mariposa
Today, Brian Krebs has published the story of 2 of the guys behind Mariposa, and how they tried to be hired by… me! Yes, that…