From the dystopian corridors of BioShock’s subterranean “paradise” to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide. Here are the Top 28 FPS Games!
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One way to brand a company or product is by creating a logo. Open up your fridge, flip through a magazine, surf the Internet, and there they are! And the moment you see them you recall products, commercials, good experiences and possibly bad ones–but the key point is you remember them.
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A press release is a message to the media about a product or service. In order to be considered by the media, it must be considered newsworthy. Newspapers and television stations are not interested in giving you free advertising, but they are interested in stories for their readers and viewers.
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Due to the success of the Google search engine, other major search engines have decided to change the method used to rank Web pages. Unlike other search engines, which rely mainly on keywords or meta-search technology to find the most relevant Web pages, Google offers an advanced technology called PageRank to deliver the most relevant results.
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People have gotten pretty creative with the Spore Creature Creator. Post pictures or videos of funny Spore creatures here, whether they be your own or random ones you’ve seen online.
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Almost everyone enjoyed art class, but let’s be honest–there was probably only one kid in each classroom with actual talent. Such is the case with true Web design. So you may not be a brilliant artist, but you can probably create a credible Web site design that serves the purpose of attracting attention.
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MoveOn.org has launched a new campaign pressing Sen. Barack Obama to honor his pledge to filibuster any legislation that gives immunity to telecoms that spied on American. http://pol.moveon.org/immunity/080621obama.html
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Why is MediaText a better solution for in-text ads? Find out about new ad system that pays better and provides flexible display options.
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A security weakness in Barack Obama’s website has been exploited to redirect visitors to Hillary Clinton’s website. Visitors who viewed the Community Blogs section of the site were instead presented with Clinton’s website as a result of a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
A user named Mox, from Liverpool, IL, posted an apparent confession in the Community Blogs section on the Barack Obama website yesterday. The subject of the post was, “I am the one who “hacked” Obamas site.”
Mox plays down the matter by saying that all he did was exploit some poorly written HTML code before suggesting that it was a cross-site scripting vulnerability that had been exploited. By allowing users to enter characters such as > and ” into their blog URLs, JavaScript could be injected into pages in the Community Blogs section and would be executed by subsequent visitors.
A YouTube clip from zennie62 demonstrates the attack. The clip shows a user clicking on the Community Blogs section of the Barack Obama site, which subsequently causes the browser to redirect to hillaryclinton.com. The author speculates that “Senator Clinton’s staffers possibly hired someone to hack into the Barack Obama website system.” No evidence is offered to back up this statement.
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Another vulnerability found on the Barack Obama site.
While Mox states that the original issue has now been fixed, a number of similar vulnerabilities have since been identified and remain unfixed, and are documented on xssed.com, which notes that such vulnerabilities open up opportunities to infect Obama’s supporters and site visitors with malware, adware and spyware.
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While Clinton and Obama are battling it out in the political arena, security researchers are continuing to find vulnerabilities in the candidates’ and supporters’ websites. Interestingly, while a typical exploit is to redirect one party’s site to their opponent’s, the reasons for seeking to discover such vulnerabilities are not always politically motivated.
Following the recent cross-site scripting attacks against Barack Obama’s website, Finnish security researcher Harry Sintonen has published an example of a cross-site scripting vulnerability on votehillary.org.
Sintonen’s example submits a POST request to the Vote Hillary website and injects an iframe, causing the site to display the contents of Barack Obama’s website. Unlike the Obama incident, which redirected the user’s web browser, Sintonen’s method retains the votehillary.org URL in the address bar while displaying the opposing website.
Sintonen told Netcraft that he was inspired by the recent Obama attacks and first examined Hillary Clinton’s official website at www.hillaryclinton.com. Sintonen did not find any cross-site scripting vulnerabilities on this site, adding that it looked quite secure, but subsequently found XSS opportunities available on the Vote Hillary website. Sintonen lives in Finland and has no strong interest in US politics.
While the example exploits have so far been relatively benign (limited to redirecting a user to the opponent’s website, for example), future cross-site scripting vulnerabilities found on political candidate sites have plenty of scope to be much more serious. Obama’s and Clinton’s websites both accept monetary contributions towards their campaigns, so cross-site scripting vulnerabilities could be leveraged to steal money and identities from supporters.
Sintonen told Netcraft he informed the webmasters of votehillary.org about this cross-site scripting vulnerability two days ago, but has not yet received a response.
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