Yes, Orkut is hit by a self spreading worm which did not do any major damages(hopefully) except sending out scraps to your friends on behalf of you. This process repeats itself when someone views an infected scrapbook.
External links on this story:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140653-c,worms/article.html
http://orkutplus.blogspot.com/2007/12/breaking-xss-in-scrapbook-if-you-open.html
Orkut allows embedding html into the scrapbook. One can add falsh objects also. It […]
Category Archives: Security
Orkut is hit by worm
Written On: Dec 19 2007
Fake and Unreal Profiles: Serious threat for Orkut - Thoughts and Solutions
Written On: Oct 16 2007
Any useful new technology or any new invention is abused or used for evil purposes. We have seen this through out our history. After all, Orkut is no exception. Fake profiles and the profiles created by marketers to promote their products are few of the serious issues need to be addressed by Google if they […]