I would be interested to see a proof of concept of an attack that would
delete user's accounts because it seems pretty impossible to me.
----
Gavin Schulz
Working on a stealth start-up


On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Mr. Meitar Moscovitz <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Feb 14, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>
>  Gavin Schulz wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I know, it is also.  There is really no way to guard against
>>> the hack because its all about alignment.  Although I use Chrome and it
>>> doesn't work.  As far as I know it's just a clever hack to post a status
>>> message.  No real security loophole.
>>>
>>
>> Could we use frame-breaker JS to keep from being stuck in an iframe?
>>
>> -Evan
>>
>
> I think we absolutely should.
>
> No, *this* particular attack was not especially destructive, but just
> because this wasn't doesn't mean a future clickjacking attack wouldn't be.
> You could pretty easily create a clickjacking attack that would delete users
> accounts. Nobody wants this.
>
> Frame-busting would be helpful but should be acknowledged as a mitigation,
> rather than a prevention technique. In all cases, the ultimate
> responsibility for something like this rests in the hands of users, since
> clickjacking isn't something that the Identica team (or any web developer)
> can prevent 100% of the time.
>
> For what it's worth, encouraging your friends who use Twitter OR Identica
> to use NoScript with Firefox[0] or Clickjane.css[1] with Safari/Opera/other
> browsers would probably be a good idea right about now.
>
> Cheers,
> -Meitar Moscovitz
> Personal: http://maymay.net
> Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com
>
> EXTERNAL REFERENCES:
>
> [0] http://noscript.net/
> [1]
> http://maymay.net/blog/2008/12/29/clickjanecss-a-css-user-style-sheet-to-help-detect-and-avoid-clickjacking-attacks/
>
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