Hackers are smarter and group of people who think out of the box to achieve something that a system is not suppose to do. Sometimes it can be useful, but most of the cases it will do a damage to the society. If you have studied the
SQL injection, I am sure you have surprised first time, how simple it is and effective and amazing way to by pass a logging screen. This is a similar hack that will allow pop-ups in Twitter.
Hackers used a security flaw in twitter retweeting malicious code, activating pop-ups, and even exposing users to an unwanted web sites. Within a short time period it was fixed and twitter is now safe.
This is how the Mouse Over Hack started according the the twitter blog.
“Early this morning, a user noticed the security hole and took advantage of it on Twitter.com. First, someone created an account that exploited the issue by turning tweets different colors and causing a pop-up box with text to appear when someone hovered over the link in the Tweet. This is why folks are referring to this an “onMouseOver” flaw -- the exploit occurred when someone moused over a link. “
End of the day twitter fixed it immediately and make it safe for the twitter lovers.
Source: Twitter Blog & FOXNews
