Myspace.com Hijack is currently spreading like wildfire

Somebody has managed to hack Myspace with a flash redirect that exploits what is apparently a gaping wide hole in their code. If you are signed into Myspace, and you go to a compromised page, you will be redirected to a blog post containing a diatribe about how the U.S. government is behind 9/11 & your page will now be hijacked! Solution at link.

Terrific, just what we need, another piece of spyware to be sent through MySpace. MySpace seems to have a lot of issues pertaining to hijacked pages, spyware in plugins, as well as some people having profiles that crash the browser. What really has to be done is that there should be a limit to what code can be put in profiles, but not too extreme a limit, so that people can be still creative, but there still can be a level of security on the site for people browsing it. Because with all the issues with spyware, and profile designs filled with extreme amounts of eyecandy (I did that once on a website, and it looked too cluttered), there should be a balance, with a decent design put together, balancing eye candy, and readability.

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