5/28/2011

Experts say the LinkedIn Web site security holes

The weekend that a security researcher, business social networking site LinkedIn a security vulnerability that hackers may not need the password to log user account.

LinkedIn Corporation (LNKD.N) just last week, the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of trading shares more than doubled, reminiscent of the late 1990s, the Internet investment boom.

Living in the vicinity of New Delhi, India independent Internet security researcher Rishi Narang found the loophole. LinkedIn management of the vulnerability and the way the cookie file.

Narang said that many sites use a similar cookie, but the difference is that LinkedIn, the creation of cookie files created will lapse after one year.

Saturday in his personal blog he elaborated on this security vulnerability.

LinkedIn has issued a statement, said the company has taken measures to ensure the safety of customer accounts.

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