Comments on: MyBlogLog Hack: Make anyone your co-author

By: Ramblings from the Marginalized » What’s wrong with MyBlogLog?

Ramblings from the Marginalized » What’s wrong with MyBlogLog? — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:18:12 +0000

[...] Is this going to be an ongoing problem with weekends? The last debacle occurred over a long [...]

By: Eric Marcoullier

Eric Marcoullier — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:29:38 +0000

Heya. We’ve posted a pretty lengthy article about what happened and what we’re doing moving forward. I hope you’ll check it out and let us know your thoughts. http://mybloglogb.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/02/weekend_spamtac.html

By: Baron VC :: links for 2007-02-19

Baron VC :: links for 2007-02-19 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:21:25 +0000

[...] MyBlogLog Hack: Make anyone your co-author MLB is becoming the spammer’s tool of choice. They sure have a long way to go! (tags: mybloglog) [...]

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:55:30 +0000

You don’t have to click on them.

When they issue the request it puts the request in the system. The spammer then builds their own http/php command as shown above and they approve the request for you!

By: Charbarred

Charbarred — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:49:17 +0000

This is unbelievable. I was wondering why I was getting so many co-author requests. Luckily I’m extremely paranoid (it finally pays off) so didn’t click on it.

By: MyBlogLog A Magnet For Spammers : Chris Garrett on New Media

MyBlogLog A Magnet For Spammers : Chris Garrett on New Media — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:24:05 +0000

[...] enough? It gets worse, you don’t even need to phish! Normally, in order to add a co-author to your blog the [...]

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:01:46 +0000

I contacted them as soon as I published this post. They informed me that they are working on fixing this and will report on it in their blog.

By: Bradford Knowlton

Bradford Knowlton — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:38:47 +0000

Do you really think it is a good idea laying out the complete details for how to pull this off? I figured it out on my own, and it isn’t hard. But now people have it laid out, in plain English. You did leave out some important details, such as how to find the memberID, but I’m sure people get figure it out pretty quickly. I hope people at MyBlogLog don’t take a holiday weekend. This could be a huge issue if they don’t fix it soon.

Thanks,
Bradford Knowlton
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