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October 29th, 2007

Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked

Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 8:44 am

Categories: Browsers, Data theft, Digital rights management, Exploit code, Hackers, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Privacy, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Vulnerability research

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Site, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Microsoft privacy guru’s site hackedIdentityBlog.com, a Web site run by Microsoft’s chief architect of identity and access, has been hacked and defaced.

The site, which is used by Microsoft’s Kim Cameron to promote discussion around privacy, access and security issues, now contains an “owned by me” message and a link to a third-party site (see screenshot).

The last entry at IdentityBlog.com (Google cache) is dated October 27, 2007, which suggests the site hijack occurred over the weekend.

Cameron could not be reached for comment.

Ryan NaraineRyan Naraine is a journalist and security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab. He manages Threatpost.com, a security news portal. Here is Ryan's full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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LOL. You are so right, BUT... you didn't read the whole thing. The Guru's BLOG was hacked, not the her website. The blog is kept on an open source website using WordPress. Next time READ before you ju... (Read the rest)
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ROTFLMAO !!!  Intellihence | 10/29/07
Just curious  Badgered | 10/29/07
Obviously you can't see past the physical realm .  Intellihence | 10/29/07
hmm  Badgered | 10/29/07
lol  jjarman | 10/30/07
re: lol  Badgered | 10/30/07
Don't get me started ... ahh, too late!  thx-1138_@... | 10/31/07
Anyones site can be hacked....  Been_Done_Before | 10/29/07
Dude...who is the idiot?  marksashton | 10/29/07
You are such a fanboy.  osreinstall | 10/30/07
More are LOL at you now  dbisse@... | 11/15/07
How can this be? It runs on UNIX!  ye | 10/29/07
Funny how you can get to identityblog.com and I can't .  Intellihence | 10/29/07
He didnt go to the site..  Been_Done_Before | 10/29/07
rofl (nt)  Badgered | 10/29/07
Maybe if he had been using IIS...  rapson | 10/29/07
You obviously know nothing about Microsoft  marksashton | 10/29/07
The guy's an MS person...  bjbrock | 10/29/07
moron  mharr | 10/29/07
Idiot.  bjbrock | 10/29/07
What does...  rapson | 10/29/07
Who he is and what he knows are irrelevant. Why?  ye | 10/29/07
I'm curious  maldain | 10/29/07
You and I are in agreement. I'm just playing the ABMer role.  ye | 10/29/07
hmmm...further research indicates MS / Avvanta Communications  nomoremicrosoft | 10/29/07
Oh Ye Moron Ye  i8thecat | 10/29/07
My what short memories the ABMers have.  ye | 10/29/07
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 10/29/07
yes there are some real morons out here  fredfarkwater@... | 10/30/07
BSD  Rambo Tribble | 10/29/07
Some People have problems getting out of  bka1959 | 10/29/07
The above post was ment for " Beyond the Vista  bka1959 | 10/29/07
I'm sure it was an insecure script or app - not the web server  toadlife | 10/29/07
"Insecure script of app"  Mike Cox, Sr. | 10/29/07
"of" s/v "or"  Mike Cox, Sr. | 10/29/07
Pay attention gramps  toadlife | 10/29/07
You don't get it, BOY  Mike Cox, Sr. | 10/29/07
(nt)What the hell are you rambling about?  toadlife | 10/29/07
this is a shining example why you should host on Linux + Apache  Linux Geek | 10/29/07
It is on Unix  mharr | 10/29/07
lol  toadlife | 10/29/07
Shut up, fool.  James T. Kirk | 10/29/07
Real shining example there Linux Geek!  ye | 10/29/07
You do realize that you just made an idiot of yourself, right?  marksashton | 10/29/07
That must be a M$ set up!  Linux Geek | 10/29/07
Can you read?  marksashton | 10/29/07
Yup! Sure can!  Linux User 147560 | 10/29/07
Way to go! That'll teach him!  ye | 10/29/07
Because I haven't screwed up ye  Linux User 147560 | 10/30/07
Are you not LG? If not then why did you answer a question...  ye | 10/30/07
Embarrassed?  Linux User 147560 | 10/29/07
I really hope you know  Linux User 147560 | 10/29/07
Agreed  handydan918 | 10/29/07
Mein Gott.  osreinstall | 10/30/07
RE: Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked  mrOSX | 10/29/07
Nope.  toadlife | 10/29/07
Well  vaughanm | 10/29/07
This is a very true...  veecif2 | 10/29/07
RE: Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked  Rambo Tribble | 10/29/07
Perhaps he should have read...  Scrat | 10/29/07
The OS is not the only attack vector  mystic100 | 10/29/07
Without this i will make one observation...  thx-1138_@... | 10/29/07
Without *reading* this i will make one observation...  thx-1138_@... | 10/29/07
One of the first worms was on DEC VAX and Sun  kraterz | 10/29/07
SunOS was a BSD derivative.  ye | 10/30/07
Wow the MS Haters...  BFD | 10/30/07
Message has been deleted.  masterxtds | 10/30/07
RE: Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked  zeusx64@... | 10/30/07
hey Leopard-Apple/macintosh is new aged communism  masterxtds | 10/30/07
RE: Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked  greeneyedlady19582000@... | 10/31/07
A response to this thread from Kim Cameron  Ryan NaraineZDNet Moderator | 11/01/07
Communists?  kwacka | 11/01/07
damned by his own words  kwacka | 11/01/07
RE: Microsoft privacy guru's site hacked  MattEvans | 11/13/07

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