Twitter has patched a hack which directed users to third-party sites, including adult websites. The company's status feed identified the hack as a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, and said Twitter ...

Update: Twitter says it has fixed a dangerous flaw that turned the Twitter Website into minefield Tuesday of potentially dangerous links. The company tweeted early Tuesday “The XSS attack should now ...

Shock, horror and redaction-themed confusion on Twitter this morning, as an apparent javascript hole has seen the short-messaging service overrun by black boxes which can spawn pop-up messages and ...

Anyone checking twitter.com this morning was probably greeted with a mess of JavaScript, mouseover effects, and spam retweets, after a flaw in the site’s handling of hyperlinks allowed attackers to ...