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"Dev's Ingenious Revenge: Goatse Trap Exposes Game Stealers"
technology2 years ago

"Dev's Ingenious Revenge: Goatse Trap Exposes Game Stealers"

Developer Josh Simmons, frustrated by websites stealing and monetizing his web game Sqword without permission, inserted a stealth attack in the code that displays the NSFW shock image Goatse and a self-incriminating message for visitors to the aggregator sites. Simmons warns web developers about the risks of hosting external content on their sites and hopes this leads to a popular crusade where developers incorporate trollish content bombs to punish plagiarists.

Bitwarden Password Manager Addresses Longstanding Exploit and Autofill Issue.
technology3 years ago

Bitwarden Password Manager Addresses Longstanding Exploit and Autofill Issue.

Bitwarden's password manager browser extension has a security vulnerability that has not been addressed for five years. The vulnerability allows hackers to steal a user's username and password for a website using an embedded iframe. Bitwarden is the only password manager that has not addressed the flaw, which is a weakness for all password managers. Bitwarden has now announced that it will take measures to mitigate the vulnerability, including implementing process breaks and warnings like other password managers.