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This submission should have a more attention grabbing headline! It's not just another SaaS asking users to change their passwords, this is actual (probable) evi

by 0x0 13y ago

This submission should have a more attention grabbing headline! It's not just another SaaS asking users to change their passwords, this is actual (probable) evidence of the vulnerability being exploited weeks before being published. Someone must have known about this and kept it secret for quite some time. And proceeded to scan huge parts of the internet. Not surprising, considering the bug was found and published independently by two entities: Blackhats must also have found this one independently, too. But now it's all that much harder to dismiss and delay password changes and key revocations.

semiel 13y ago
> This submission should have a more attention grabbing headline! Funnily enough, it looks like the mods changed the title to something more attention-grabbing. I left it with the original title because of HN's policies on titles, but apparently there is wiggle room. Impressively, it got to #10 even with a bad title. Apparently people do read TFA!
- hnha 13y ago
  It is weird and discouraging to see the rules enforced so selectively.
  - ivanca 13y ago
    Weird? Really? You want an article called i.e. "jQuery destroys your website" to get as much relevance as this one? people don't have time to read every single article, they want to skim and focus on the important ones (or at least important for them) It's insane to expect rules to be set apart from their real-life priority: It would be like asking for the same journalistic standards from a war journalist and from fashion magazines for teenage girls.
    - sp332 13y ago
      It's insane to expect rules to be set apart from their real-life priority But that is how the rules have been enforced, until recently. Expecting consistent behavior is not insane. Not knowing what the title of your submission will be after you submit it is insane!
      - ivanca 13y ago
        Rules exist for the sake of organization (not the other way around), therefore they have exceptions, like when the police kills an armed criminal despite murder being a serious crime.

by 0x0 13y ago

semiel 13y ago

> This submission should have a more attention grabbing headline! Funnily enough, it looks like the mods changed the title to something more attention-grabbing. I left it with the original title because of HN's policies on titles, but apparently there is wiggle room. Impressively, it got to #10 even with a bad title. Apparently people do read TFA!

hnha 13y ago
It is weird and discouraging to see the rules enforced so selectively.
- ivanca 13y ago
  Weird? Really? You want an article called i.e. "jQuery destroys your website" to get as much relevance as this one? people don't have time to read every single article, they want to skim and focus on the important ones (or at least important for them) It's insane to expect rules to be set apart from their real-life priority: It would be like asking for the same journalistic standards from a war journalist and from fashion magazines for teenage girls.
  - sp332 13y ago
    It's insane to expect rules to be set apart from their real-life priority But that is how the rules have been enforced, until recently. Expecting consistent behavior is not insane. Not knowing what the title of your submission will be after you submit it is insane!
    - ivanca 13y ago
      Rules exist for the sake of organization (not the other way around), therefore they have exceptions, like when the police kills an armed criminal despite murder being a serious crime.