Flaw In Facebook Allowed Attachers To Record Video Of User And Post It On The Timeline

December 28, 2012 By Ali Loney

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Softpedia – (International) Flaw in Facebook allowed attackers to record video of user and post it on the timeline. Researchers from XYSEC Labs identified a cross site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Facebook that could allow an attacker to record video from the victim’s webcam or other source and then post it to the victim’s timeline.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Flaw-in-Facebook-Allowed-Attackers-to-Record-Video-of-User-and-Post-It-on-the-Timeline-Video-317462.shtml

Tags: component vulnerabilities, AppSec Spotlight

Written by Ali Loney

Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.