Twitter API ripe for malware, worm abuse

A security researcher is warning that the Twitter API can be trivially abused by hackers to launch worm attacks. The red-hot social networking/microblogging service has been scrambling to plug cross-site scripting and other Web site vulnerabilities to thwart worm attacks but, as researcher Aviv...

Security alert: Twitter porn names scam

From PC World Aurora Dizon The “Twitter porn names” game, currently Twitter’s top trending topic, may be a fun distraction that gives you and your friends something to tweet about. But it also has a security hole–one that is no technical snafu. It could be simple human error, but it’s also possib...

MiniTwitter 0.2b Remote User Options Changer Exploit

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MiniTwitter 0.2b - Remote User Options Changer

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French hacker gains access to Twitter's admin panel

From ZDNet Dancho Danchev Yesterday, a French hacker claimed to have gained access to Twitter’s administration panel, and based on the screen shots that he included featuring internal data zataz.com for accounts belonging to U.S President Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Ashton Kutcher, and Lily...

Twitter searching for software security personnel

From ZDNet Zero Day Now that Oprah’s all a twitter, it looks like everyone’s favorite micro-blogging tool is finally taking a hard look at security. According to a job listing posted online, Twitter is searching for software engineers to focus specifically on application and infrastructure...

Unrestricted file upload

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in index.php in the Twitter Clone TClone plugin for ReVou Micro Blogging allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in settings/myphoto...

CVE-2008-6751

CVE-2008-6751 documents an unrestricted file upload in index.php of the Twitter Clone (TClone) plugin for ReVou Micro Blogging. A remote attacker can upload a file with an executable extension and access it via settings/my_photo, enabling arbitrary code execution. NVD assigns a base score of 6.8 ...

CVE-2008-6752

adminlogin/password.php in the Twitter Clone TClone plugin for ReVou Micro Blogging does not verify the original password before changing passwords, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator's password and gain privileges via a direct request with modified newpass1 and newpass2...

What's on the cover of that Verizon breach report?

Psst! Psst! Ryan here. Did you notice that all the text on the cover of Verizon’s 2009 data breach report pdf is selectable? A little birdie tells me that’s no coincidence. Encrypted message, etc. Even better, the report contains some obvious clues to decrypt. And something about cash prizes for...

Economy, SMB security to dominate at RSA Conference

As a security show, the RSA Conference leaves a lot to be desired. Its technical sessions carry an uncomfortable load of marketing baggage and don’t have either the cachet or entertaining edge of those at Black Hat or CanSecWest. Anyone will tell you that the real business of RSA is happening off...

Twitter worms aren't the only threat

By Roel Schouwenberg Over the weekend, we’ve seen a number of Cross Site Scripting worms for Twitter. Now, with all the recent security problems at Twitter, these worms networkworld.com come as little surprise. The most virulent worm is not particularly complex in the vulnerability it is...

Twitter worm attack: Here's how to keep safe

From PC World Daniel Ionescu The malicious worm affecting Twitter over the weekend has now mutated and continues to invade pcworld.com the popular microblogging network. Although Twitter is taking action twitter.com against the problem, security analysts fear that further mutations of the worm wi...

Twitter vulnerable to XSS worm attack

By Robert McMillan, ComputerWorld Computer security researchers have devised a new Twitter attack that they say could spread virally, much like a worm on the microblogging service. The attack, publicized by researchers at Secure Science, is an innocuous proof-of-concept that forces users to send...

Revou Twitter Clone - Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injection

ReVou Micro Blogging SQL/XSS Injection Vulnerability Author: nuclear site: http://www.revou.com/index.php SQL vuln: http://localhost/path/userupdates.php?user=test21' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,@@version,6,7,8/ demo:...

Revou Twitter Clone - Cross-Site Scripting SQL Injection

Revou Twitter Clone - Cross-Site Scripting SQL Injection ReVou Micro Blogging SQL/XSS Injection Vulnerability Author: nuclear site: http://www.revou.com/index.php SQL vuln: http://localhost/path/userupdates.php?user=test21' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,@@version,6,7,8/ demo:...

ReVou Twitter Clone (XSS/SQL) Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

Exploit for unknown platform in category web applications ============================================================= ReVou Twitter Clone XSS/SQL Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities ============================================================= ReVou Micro Blogging SQL/XSS Injection Vulnerability...

ReVou Twitter Clone (XSS/SQL) Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

No description provided by source. ReVou Micro Blogging SQL/XSS Injection Vulnerability Author: nuclear site: http://www.revou.com/index.php SQL vuln: http://localhost/path/userupdates.php?user=test21' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,@@version,6,7,8/ demo:...

Twitter Client Usage Detection

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Linux/x86 - Force Reboot Shellcode (36 bytes)

Linux/x86 - Force Reboot Shellcode 36 bytes. Shellcode exploit for Linuxx86 platform Linux/x86 Force Reboot shellcode 36 bytes Author: Hamza Megahed Twitter: @HamzaMega blog: hamza-megadotblogspotdotcom E-mail: hamzadotmegahedatgmaildotcom xor %eax,%eax push %eax push $0x746f6f62 push $0x65722f6e...