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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: LoadWB on May 17, 2008, 03:45:18 AM
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'Secure' PayPal page is... you guessed it | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/16/paypal_page_succumbs_to_xss/
So that's why we haven't seen him around here much lately :-)
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Nice one Piru! :bow:
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awesome!
too bad he has morals and ethics and all that stuff that gets in the way of making quick money :-p
Az
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Honesty has been my primary obstacle to great financial wealth. I settle for the wealth of my conscience, instead.
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LoadWB wrote:
Honesty has been my primary obstacle to great financial wealth. I settle for the wealth of my conscience, instead.
Well put.
Rich
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LoadWB wrote:
Honesty has been my primary obstacle to great financial wealth. I settle for the wealth of my conscience, instead.
Yeah, my friends dad said something when we were growing up like...
There are only two ways of getting rich, you either have to something illegal or just come up with some kitchen gadget you can sell a million of on an informacial to house wives that sit at home all day.
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:-D :bow: :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Good article.
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Good work Piru!
btw - Was the pop-up message inspired by Marathon Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG5Qk-jB0D4)?
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Good job - very impressive! :elvis:
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so piru's a white-hat type?
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@Boot_WB
btw - Was the pop-up message inspired by Marathon Man?
It indeed was. Finally someone figures it out, rather than suggesting some silly LOTR reference :-)
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@Boot_WB
Wow, way to go picking up that old movie reference.
And nice work Piru. Glad you're on our side.
Plaz
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Congrats Piru, I guess. Is it your job to find these kinds of security holes for another company, or do you do it just for kicks?
Does this mean that I need to rush to Paypal and transfer my positive balance in it entirety to my bank account, or can I feel safe that I can keep a few bucks there to pay for an odd Amiga game here and there on eBay?
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I think it just means that you still shouldn't be clicking on links to paypal from emails you get.
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amigadave wrote:
Congrats Piru, I guess. Is it your job to find these kinds of security holes for another company, or do you do it just for kicks?
Does this mean that I need to rush to Paypal and transfer my positive balance in it entirety to my bank account, or can I feel safe that I can keep a few bucks there to pay for an odd Amiga game here and there on eBay?
It means don't EVER use IE!!! With AVG pro and Firefox you can be fairly safe. Not totally, but fairly.
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motrucker wrote:
amigadave wrote:
Congrats Piru, I guess. Is it your job to find these kinds of security holes for another company, or do you do it just for kicks?
Does this mean that I need to rush to Paypal and transfer my positive balance in it entirety to my bank account, or can I feel safe that I can keep a few bucks there to pay for an odd Amiga game here and there on eBay?
It means don't EVER use IE!!! With AVG pro and Firefox you can be fairly safe. Not totally, but fairly.
I have not used IE for years. It is FireFox, Avast and Sunbelt Personal Firewall for me. I would not depend on any Microsoft security programs for anything.
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So you're telling me he could have phished us enough money to build a new Amiga box from scratch and develop the OS to make up for 15 years of neglect?
I just left my morals at the door.
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Nice, Congrats :>
No mention of the amiga?!
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No mention of the amiga?!
Do you really want IE for the Amiga?
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Why would there be a mention of the Amiga? They already view us as lunatics without making it worse :)
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Good work Piru.
XSS is such a sneaky phishing hack but if I'm not mistaken it is pretty easy to eliminate by stripping certain characters out of all variables.
So I'm surprised to see paypal letting this slip through.
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Well this just shows that Paypal are not that smart.
It takes an Amiga fan to sort it out for them.
Nice one Piru.