Author Archives: vkirst

Current Event: Telegraph website hacked

Posted on March 13, 2009 by vkirst

The Telegraph, a famous daily newspaper in the UK, was hacked into by a Romanian hacking group last week. The group exposed a weakness in the way the website queried its database for property searches and was able to obtain … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Facebook Applications

Posted on January 9, 2009 by vkirst

In mid-2007, Facebook launched a free development platform that allows independent designers to create applications that integrate with core features of Facebook. Since then, over 33,000 applications have been made, the most popular of the applications having over 16 million … Continue reading →

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