Twitter Suffers Web Interface Exploit

HaloZero writes "We're seeing lots of re-tweets on Twitter.com right now, all containing a fragment of JavaScript, which re-tweets itself when moused-over on the Twitter web interface. This could easily be muted into a more sinister attack, so it is recommended that you use a third party client application, or refrain from social media altogether until the problem is resolved."

Hmm

[grub]

Why, again, should I be using Twitter?

Again?

[Dragoniz3r]

You'd think people would've learned by now that you can't allow random strings of script in user-submitted data. Why is filtering this stuff out not part of standard input sanitization practices by now?

Here let me fix that for you

[hellfire]

...so it is recommended that you refrain from social media altogether.

There, fixed it for you.

Re:Hosts file

[L4t3r4lu5]

Or don't use Twitter. Seriously.

Except for this thoroughly informative sentence, including the punctuation, nothing of any real import can be expressed in 140 characters...

Re:Hmm

[kisrael]

I can't tell you why you should be using Twitter, but some of us have friends or know of folks online who are good at dropping the pithy bon mot, or find it a convenient way to announce things.

Why again should you be using email? Or SMS txt'ing? Or slashdot?

Re:Easy solution

[Culture20]

1994 called, and it wants its World Wide Web back.

I called, and I want 1994's WWW back. No more "My entire website is in Flash!" No more drive-by downloads. No more web-apps that just write a static page when HTML would have sufficed. <blink>Just "Here's my Dog!" and "Work in Progress" signs.</blink>

Re:Hmm

[ian_from_brisbane]

Why, again, should I be using Twitter?

To get redirected to hardcore porn of course!

Re:Hmm

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

I use it to keep up to date on writers, scientists, actors, game developers, etc. As a communication tool amongst people I know "in person", I see no use for it. As a tool for staying up to date with various personalities in the geek, gaming, movie, and scientific communities, it's perfect.

But.. but.. but... it's mainstream! And mainstream stuff, especially things that require 'followers' or 'friends', is dumb and stupid and totally beneath us nerds! I prefer to use email and other less ideal solutions that this thing does elegantly!

Re:Hmm

[spectro]

Twitter is great for those of us with no writing talent: no need to post a whole blog about an idea we can explain in 140 characters or less

Re:Hmm

[coryking]

Twitter is hardly mainstream. Out of a huge assortment of people I know, almost all of them, nerds or technophobes have a facebook account. I have only met one person who claims to use Twitter.

Twitter is pure, 100% hype. It is the most hyped ".com" I've seen since, well, the dot.com days. Seriously. Twitter is not mainstream in the least.