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Paypal Registration Page Vulnerable to XSS

Jake — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:41:34 +0000

Methodman, a grey-hat hacker specializing in finding XSS flaws, reported that Paypal has some dangerous cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that need to be taken care of. The vulnerabilities are still not patched as I write this article. The flaws continue to affect the registration.paypal.com, www.paypal-press.co.uk and www.paypal-press.fr websites.

The registration.paypal.com site is used by companies to sign-up for a business merchant account. The XSS weakness was located in the registration page for accounts using the Payflow Pro payment solution. “Here’s a list of what you’ll need to sign up for PayPal’s Payflow Services: General business information; Primary business contact information; Credit Card and Billing Contact Information; Merchant Bank and Processor Information,” the page reads.
Having the ability to use these vulnerabilities, cyber criminals can create complex phishing systems.Methodman also discloses that Paypal’s website for its media centers in the UK and France are vulnerable to similar attacks. They are both vulnerable to IFrame injections, and stealth Javascript prompts and redirects.Methodman said that the “Paypal Staff has been alerted about this.”

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Who profits the most off of viruses?

Pierce — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:08:53 +0000

Do you rely on your anti-virus programs? Well truth is, anti-virus helps, but you should also think “outside of the box”. Who profits the most off of computer viruses? Well, anti-virus companies, and Microsoft. These companies could be using so many other coding techniques to secure your computer from viruses and possible hackers.

Why doesn’t Microsoft and Anti-virus companies use these techniques? Well, they want to keep profiting off of you. There is enough proof around that Microsoft, with all of their coders, techniques, money, and power.. they could easily make their operating system secure. Instead, they keep coming out with more operating systems in which seem to be actually even less secure.

So here is some information to keep your system secure:

If your Anti-virus application tells you that an executable file is safe, well it may not be. Hackers create applications called “packers” or “crypters” in which encrypt the executable, and make them undetectable by anti-virus companies. This is why you should not open a file unless you are certain the person or website you got it from is trust-able.

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Saving time and money by staying updated!

Jake — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:55:28 +0000

Vendors offer updates for their software to keep things secure and running smoothly. You should stay updated to stay secure. If you don’t update, your software it can leave you vulnerable for a hacker to gain access to your system.

Many hackers go to various sites and obtain published exploits. Exploits are a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that take advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic. Hackers can then use these exploits to gain access to your system. They can steal confidential data , credit cards, passwords, and they can put a backdoor on your system. A backdoor is a way for a hacker to gain access to your system anytime they want. To stay secure and prevent these things from happening, be sure to update all your software regularly. Most software allows you to update it via a button. If your software doesn’t have an update button, you can go to the vendor’s website of the software you want to update and download all the patches and updates available for it. Doing this will help keep your system secure, thus meaning you will not have to pay a computer technician to repair your computer, or go through your bank because your money has been hijacked!

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