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Title: X-S-S flaws lead to webblog defacements....
Post by: polonus on January 05, 2010, 02:52:01 PM

Hi malware fighters,

Cross-site-scripting flaws on a website could lead to defacement hacks:

http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/mr-bean-comes-out-of-retirement-takes-over-spain/
http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/iranian-president-ahmadinejad-official-web-site-compromised/

Title: Re: X-S-S flaws lead to webblog defacements....
Post by: DavidR on January 05, 2010, 04:58:44 PM

Looks like another good promotion for NoScript and its XSS function.

Title: Re: X-S-S flaws lead to webblog defacements....
Post by: bob3160 on January 05, 2010, 05:24:03 PM

Looks like another post that should have been posted in the Security Thread: :)
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=52252.0 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=52252.0)