Social Networking Sites Full of Security Holes

athloi writes "Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals."

Hey...Wait a minute

[UncleWilly]

First a story about how restrictive social networking sites are.

Now, so many holes in social networking sites your data is already in the hands of criminals.

My God....It's full of holes!

[dave-tx]

Of course it's full of holes. How else would it connect to the series of tubes?

Re:Hey...Wait a minute

[NeoTerra]

It's VERY Restrictive Swiss Cheese. Kinda like Windows ME.

"It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up"

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

I laughed at this juxtaposition, too!

Hey, site vulnerabilities are an API! Right?

XSS is Web 3.0. ;-)

Applause

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, applaud these social networking sites' quick response to the call to "open up".

Whew! I'm Glad I'm a 15-year-old girl!

[filesiteguy]

Fortunately, I'm only logged into those sites as a 15-year-old girl from Kansas with a dog named Toto.

At least I don't think they can get to me!

I know, and they keep sending me Friend requests

[BobMcD]

Oh, wait a second, you said 'Holes'. Oh. Carry on, then...

Security Holes?

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought it said "Social Networking Sites Full of Assholes".

perverts?

[ZOMFF]

So how long till the "exploiting of the holes" gets taken out of context by parents and we're doomed to another discussion of "think of the children" and "sexual predators in the tubes".

Re:Whew! I'm Glad I'm a 15-year-old girl!

[eln]

Oh, they'll get to you.

And your little dog, too.

Re:My God....It's full of holes!

[whopub]

Of course it's full of holes.

They probably meant assholes. That would make more sense.

Full of holes? No problem...

[veganboyjosh]

This error has been sent to myspace.com's technical department.

I'm sure Tom will get right on it.

A patch has been issued

[Anonymous Coward]

Get the end users to install curtains and a dog.

don't worry

[Anonymous Coward]

I've got a bucket of water you can use, dual-purpose, works on servers and witches.