Twitter patches onMouseOver vulnerability

Security

Well that didn’t take long. Twitter hath just tweeted that they have identified and patched the JavaScript, onMouseOver, cross-site-scripting vulnerability that had been running amuck on its website this morning. It is once again safe to use twitter.com to let your fake friends know what you are eating, thinking, and doing.

UPDATE: Bob Lord, Twitter’s security chief, has put up an official blog post explaining exactly what happened this morning. You can read that article here.

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2 Comments
  • Creamy Tuna Casserole

    TweetDeck on my PC and Seesmic for Android on my EVO FTW’s!!

  • ari

    Just heard Jonathan on knx1070 on this! Impressive….

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