Twitter hit by second worm in less than a week

Posted on Monday, September 27 2010 @ 15:56 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Register reports another worm was spreading on Twitter over the weekend. The security hole was fixed by late Sunday.

The miscreants behind the latest assault set up an attack page that exploited a CSRF vulnerability in Twitter so that victims who clicked on a link posted a crude message about their supposed fondness for sex with goats, as explained in a blog post by Sophos here.

Victims included celebrity blogger Robert Scoble, but far fewer people were affected than by the much bigger onMouseOver hack.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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