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Twitter OAuth feature can be abused to hijack accounts, researcher says

2013-04-11 21:22:51| InfoWorld: Top News

A feature in the Twitter API (application programming interface) can be abused by attackers to launch credible social engineering attacks that would give them a high chance of hijacking user accounts, a mobile application developer revealed Wednesday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam.

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