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Twitter “hacked” aka a nice example of CSRF

Today marked an interesting day in Twitter history: a learning opportunity for the masses.  If you use Twitter, you probably saw one of your friends issue a tweet like the following: Don’t Click: http://tinyurl.com/amgzs6 And, probably like many of the people out there, you clicked the link.  By the way, if you clicked the link [...]

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Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Stealing data, with Apple’s Blessing

I have a subscription to Pinch Media’s “New App” RSS feed.  As a result, I see literally every single new app that shows up, and I test many if not most of them.  Yesterday, I downloaded a new toy app and gave it a whirl.  The app is called “A.K.A”.  It takes your name, and gives [...]

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008