f-ing script kiddies. "sammy" obviously hadn't thought through exactly what would happen before he created a worm. I wonder if he even understood that he was, in effect, creating a worm.
>http://www.betanews.com/article/CrossSite_Scripting_Worm_Hits_MySpace/1129232391 > >"One clever MySpace <http://www.myspace.com/> user looking to expand his >buddy list recently figured out how to force others to become his friend, >and ended up creating the first self-propagating cross-site scripting (XSS) >worm. In less than 24 hours, "Samy" had amassed over 1 million friends on >the popular online community." > >"To do this without a user's knowledge, the code utilized XMLHTTPRequest" > >Whee. > >-Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177098 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
