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PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2025 12:50 am    Post subject: Clickjacking: Hijacking clicks on the Internet Reply with quote
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Clickjacking: Hijacking clicks on the Internet

This sounds like a Matrix movie, but the virtual equivalent of this is real and poses one of the most serious new risks on the Internet, according to Jeremiah Grossman, chief technology officer and co-founder of Whitehat Security.

"Most exploits (like worms and attacks that take advantage of holes in software) can be patched, but clickjacking is a design flaw in the way the Web is supposed to work," Grossman said. "The bad guy is superimposing an invisible button over something the user wants to click on...It can be any button on any Web page on any Web site."

The technique was used in a series of prank attacks launched on Twitter in February. In that case, users clicked on links next to tweets that said "Don't Click" and then clicked on a button that said "Don't Click" on a separate Web page. That second click distributed the original tweet to all of the Twitter user's followers, thus propagating itself rather quickly.


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PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2025 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess I'd better re-enable no-script ..... I hate that thing, but if it protects like that .......

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People using Windows and IE should disable JavaScript to help protect against clickjacking, he said. Firefox is safer; the NoScript add-on for Firefox not only lets people selectively block scripts, but it has a ClearClick feature designed specifically to protect against clickjacking, he added.



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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2025 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I need JS for certain sites. I'm so glad I have learned to dislike social networking sites. Haven't felt the urge to join Twitter, just deleted my MySpace, and almost ready to delete Facebook.



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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2025 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I find that NoScript is a PITA to get set up, but once you do, as long as you don't reinstall your OS regularly, it becomes fairly simple to do with. I couldn't live without it anymore.



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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2025 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's such an annoying app ..... I don't like it even tho I'm using it again ......



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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2025 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I turn off notifications, and it never bothers me in the least.



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PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2025 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clickjacking on Twitter...

I do not have MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter. But I do post in forums, which I consider my online social interaction. If I want more Internet social interaction, I will use a instant messenger, or email.

I have actually met up with online personnel that live near me, but that is the extent of my online social activity.

If a Tweet is a post, then a Twit must be the postee. Very Happy



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2025 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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If a Tweet is a post, then a Twit must be the postee. Very Happy

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JP wrote:
Cope57 wrote:


If a Tweet is a post, then a Twit must be the postee. Very Happy

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This really cracked me up at awilliamson's blog.



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2025 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cope57 wrote:
If a Tweet is a post, then a Twit must be the postee. Very Happy


nice.....



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