Backdoor Found In OpenX Ad Platform

mask.of.sanity writes "A backdoor has existed for at least seven months in a platform sold by OpenX, the self-described global leader of digital advertising which counts the New York Post, Coca Cola, Bloomberg and EA among its customers. The backdoor was contained within the official OpenX package and recently removed. Security researchers say it meant those who downloaded the compromised software could have provided attackers full access to their web sites."

Another reason to hate web2.0'horrea

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Cross domain advertising JavaScript is sooooo lame, it's required the removal of basic security implemented way back in browsers and opened the door to all kinds of miscreant behavior. I despise the Internet as a vehicle of advertising commerce.

The Internet was conceived to share ideas and information, everything else is utter BS in the name of money grubbing.

Re: Would you steal a Car?

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Ha-ha-ha.

At work we have a PC which runs with no ad-blocking. Opening a web site often involves staring at a blank window for thirty seconds or more with a status bar saying something like 'Waiting for ads.bollockx.com'.

If the web wasn't such an ad-infested Swamp Of Suck, people wouldn't be blocking them.