[Social-discuss] Researcher Uncovers Major Security Exploit
From:
Melvin Carvalho
Subject:
[Social-discuss] Researcher Uncovers Major Security Exploit
Date:
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:29:50 +0200
Researcher Uncovers (Another) Major Facebook Security Exploit
For all the credit Facebook has received for its privacy controls and
user safety, the site still falls prey to an unsettling number of security issues and potential data breaches. Last month a botched code push accidentally revealed private user email addresses, and before that Facebook accidentally sent private messages to the wrong recipients. Today, security engineer Joey Tyson, AKA theharmonyguy, has detailed
a major security hole in Facebook Platform — one that would allow a
malicious website to silently access a user’s profile information,
photos, and in some cases, messages and wall posts, with no action
required on the user’s part.