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Computers / Palestinian Researcher Hacks Zuckerberg's Facebook Account by niyivasaz(m): 9:58am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Nothing is supposed to show up on your Facebook Wall unless it's posted by you or your friends. So when a security researcher named Khalil Shreateh from Palestine found a bug that let him post stuff to other people's Walls, he reported it to Facebook. That bug is a spammer's dream. To prove his bug was real, Shreateh posted something to Sarah Goodin's wall, a friend of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He then contacted Facebook's security team with the proof that his bug was real, he explained in a lengthy blog post. Facebook has a bounty program where it pays people to report bugs instead of using them or selling them on the black market. In this case, instead of fixing the bug and paying the researcher the $500+ fee, Facebook told him "this was not a bug," according to an email that Shreateh shared. Shreateh says he tried a second time to warn Facebook and when that didn't work, he used the bug to post a message to Mark Zuckerberg's Wall. The message said, "Sorry for breaking your privacy ... but a couple of days ago, I found a serious Facebook exploit" and explained that Facebook's security team wasn't taking him seriously. Here's a photo of the message from Shreateh" Khalil Khalil That worked and fast. Within minutes a Facebook security engineer contacted Shreateh and asked for details on how he did it, Shreateh says. In a post on Hacker News, Matt Jones from Facebook's security team said that once the team understood the bug they acted quickly, "We fixed this bug on Thursday." They also temporarily suspended Shreateh's account and said they wouldn't pay him the bounty fee because, by posting to Zuck's account, he violated Facebook's terms of service. Then the Facebook team asked him to continue to help them find bugs, he says. Commenters are split on whether Facebook ripped off Shreateh or not. Facebook says that Shreateh didn't include enough technical info when he tried to report the bug. You can't just demonstrate the bug, you have to explain how it works. On the other hand, he wouldn't have hacked Zuck's account if the security team had asked him for more details the first two times he tried to report it. Facebook's full comment on what happened is posted on Hacker News. Here's the bit that explains why Shreateh was disqualified from payment: "The more important issue here is with how the bug was demonstrated using the accounts of real people without their permission. Exploiting bugs to impact real users is not acceptable behavior for a white hat. We allow researchers to create test accounts here: https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/accounts/ to help facilitate responsible research and testing. In this case, the researcher used the bug he discovered to post on the timelines of multiple users without their consent." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/researcher-facebook-ignored-bug-found-143418388.html
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Autos / Re: Tok. 1999 Toyota Camry For Sale. Price 900k!!SOLD!!!SOLD!!!!SOLD!!!!SOLD!!!!SOLD by niyivasaz(m): 1:50pm On Aug 01, 2013 |
still available? |
Health / Re: Chilean Woman Who Cries Tears Of Blood by niyivasaz(m): 4:16pm On Jun 26, 2013 |
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Health / Chilean Woman Who Cries Tears Of Blood by niyivasaz(m): 4:14pm On Jun 26, 2013 |
DOCTORS in Chile are baffled by a woman who has started crying tears of BLOOD. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4984929/woman-who-cries-BLOOD.html 3 Likes
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Autos / Re: SOLD!SOLD!!SOLD!!! GULF 4 Tokunbo Very Clean Nd Sharp White by niyivasaz(m): 8:53am On Jun 25, 2013 |
how mch last? and mode of delivery to PH.... |
Politics / Re: Suswam Pulls-out Of Northern Governors Forum by niyivasaz(m): 8:51am On Jun 14, 2013 |
ori won daru! Buncha idiotas 2 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Fatai Rolling Dollar Is Dead by niyivasaz(m): 1:08pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Celebrities / Re: Fatai Rolling Dollar Is Dead? by niyivasaz(m): 1:07pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Celebrities / Re: Dakore Egbuson-Akande Got A Nose Job (pics) by niyivasaz(m): 7:47am On Jun 11, 2013 |
ok |
Celebrities / Re: D'banj Cutting His Birthday Cake by niyivasaz(m): 4:01pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
okay |
Health / Re: Ways You Can Get An STD Without Being Intimate by niyivasaz(m): 10:37am On Jun 03, 2013 |
hmmmm! .......... |
Music/Radio / Re: Dbanj's 'Oliver Twist' Has 20Million Youtube Views by niyivasaz(m): 3:54pm On May 31, 2013 |
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Politics / Re: Kano Qualifies For Emergency Rule - Criminologist by niyivasaz(m): 9:58am On May 15, 2013 |
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Travel / Re: General Australian Visa Enquiries by niyivasaz(m): 7:20am On Apr 30, 2013 |
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Travel / Re: General Australian Visa Enquiries by niyivasaz(m): 4:57pm On Apr 29, 2013 |
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Music/Radio / Re: Hip Hop Of Our Generation Is Totally Mad And Too Silly To Be Called Music by niyivasaz(m): 10:25am On Apr 16, 2013 |
druid06: This dude Drake, is a rap-artiste or a singer? He should make up his mind.. BTW, he lyrics sucks. |
Culture / Re: Photo Of Queen Elizabeth II And Oba Of Benin In 1956 by niyivasaz(m): 12:14pm On Apr 08, 2013 |
pleep: Dafuq?.... dis nigga look like they pulled him out a drainage pipe. hehehehehe.......u bad oo 1 Like |
Celebrities / Re: Fake Kim Kardashian Tweet Causes Uproar On Twitter by niyivasaz(m): 10:08pm On Mar 26, 2013 |
Its fake! 8 Likes
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Romance / Re: Things Women Want In A Man by niyivasaz(m): 2:10pm On Mar 08, 2013 |
Rubbish!! |
Politics / Re: UNIILORIN Staff Uses Bore-hole To Fill Water-dispenser Cans (Picture) by niyivasaz(m): 8:28am On Feb 28, 2013 |
Please y'all shud just ignore dat silly, jobless OP. |
Politics / Re: UNIILORIN Staff Uses Bore-hole To Fill Water-dispenser Cans (Picture) by niyivasaz(m): 7:55am On Feb 28, 2013 |
Our Yansh: I expected sensible contributions to the discussion but what I've seen so far is a bunch of graduates crying and whining like little babies deprived of BREA5T milk.. Most of them lacking in the capacity for intellectual reasoning and debate. Folks with low self-esteem, inferiority complex and a high sense of insecurity. What a SHAME!! Well, i have only got one thing to ask u. Why are u exposing ur doomed life like this? dude, get a life...ok? |
Politics / Re: UNIILORIN Staff Uses Bore-hole To Fill Water-dispenser Cans (Picture) by niyivasaz(m): 1:57pm On Feb 27, 2013 |
#SHABA...............not everybody knows 1 Like |
Nairaland / General / Re: Missing Oluwatoyin Akanbi Found Dead by niyivasaz(m): 10:58am On Feb 26, 2013 |
kmcutez: My tot exactly. |
Nairaland / General / Re: OLUWATOYIN AKANBI Is Missing - Please Help by niyivasaz(m): 6:25am On Feb 26, 2013 |
So unfortunate he's dead..what a World! What a Country!!..RIP bro..May God rest ur soul |
Nairaland / General / Re: OLUWATOYIN AKANBI Is Missing - Please Help by niyivasaz(m): 2:10pm On Feb 23, 2013 |
Learnt he's bn found..can anyone confirm this? |
Culture / Re: Oluwo Of Iwo Land Is Dead! by niyivasaz(m): 11:15am On Feb 19, 2013 |
RIP, SIR!! |
Islam for Muslims / Re: Muslims: How To Make Your Husband Happy by niyivasaz(m): 10:11am On Feb 19, 2013 |
Okija_juju: For ur kind info I'm a man like you and u shd just shut ur filty mouth! why u guys always talk ill about other pple's belief? |
Islam for Muslims / Re: Muslims: How To Make Your Husband Happy by niyivasaz(m): 10:09am On Feb 19, 2013 |
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TV/Movies / Re: Guiness Advert: “My Friend Udeme” Vs “My Brother Femi” by niyivasaz(m): 6:55pm On Feb 13, 2013 |
None of d above GUINESS MICHAEL POWER all d way 1 Like |
Business / Re: Nairalander Tells Us If Your Making It From Any Online Biz In This Section by niyivasaz(m): 1:44pm On Jan 23, 2013 |
Football betting details please; niyivasaz@gmail.com Thanks |
Celebrities / Re: Shakira & Piqué Welcome Baby Milan by niyivasaz(m): 11:41am On Jan 23, 2013 |
lol>>>>
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