Twitter.com was once again the brunt of a rapidly spreading worm after attackers exploited a vulnerability in "onMouseOver" JavaScript in order to bombard users with serial pop-ups and ...

Initially dubbed the Twitter "mouseover bug"--just hovering your mouse over an infected link can launch pop-ups, third-party sites, and for some even send tweets--the exploit, which uses the ...

The attack took advantage of the main Twitter’s web interface, which fails to disallow the ‘onMouseOver’ Javascript command.

Hopefully Twitter will shut down this loophole as soon as possible – disallowing users to post the onMouseOver JavaScript code, and protecting users whose browsing may be at risk. Some users are also ...

Javascript command used to distribute malware. Australian teenager Pearce Delphin has been credited with discovering the onMouseOver scripting vulnerability that hit twitter.com last night.

If a component is rendered that registers for onMouseOver events, and it is rendered under the mouse, it should have it's onMouseOver callback invoked.

Google is constantly combatting search engine spammers (I know some to do not like to be called this, so sorry). This past update, they began blocking an other type of spam named onmouseover ...

The massive Twitter "onMouseOver" attack on Tuesday may have been triggered by a Japanese hacker who claimed he wanted to expose a cross-site scripting flaw on the site.

The JavaScript onMouseOver exploit means that if you hover your mouse over a specially crafted tweet, it will be able to redirect your browser to a website that contains malicious code, or in some ...