Ebaums is responsible for Bieber attacks?

JUSTIN BIEBER’s video clips on YouTube are suddenly invaded by Ebaums’s. Ebaumsworld hacks YouTube video clips by compromising the comment’s area.

 

So, if you are searching Justin Bieber videos on YouTube and get directed to some other site don’t be upset. It’s a problem created by some Ebaumsworld which is known for Ebaumsworld games, demotivational posters, , Ebaums soundboards and even has a Ebaumsworld forum. The Ebaumsworld site provides funny videos, pictures, flash games, jokes etc.

 

This particular site Ebaums is responsible for Bieber attacks as is claimed by various sources. This notorious Ebaums attack on Beiber’s video had apparently used malformed HTML to get past the Youtube filters in the comments section of the page. Ebaums found a HTML injection vulnerability in the comment system of the popular video site. Some comments have been found to begin with a script tag.

 

Google has released a statement regarding the attack and hopes to fix it soon. This is the statement released by Google:

 

“We took swift action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on youtube.com that was discovered several hours ago. Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an hour, and we released a complete fix for the issue in about two hours. We’re continuing to study the vulnerability to help prevent similar issues in the future. ”

 

These bad or say destructive codes are everywhere on the net and are targeting most of the genres of video clips on YouTube from music videos to movie clips, instructional videos, educational content and even videologs of several people.

 

It is a common phenomenon that some people put up links that redirects the users to some other sites but this Ebaums hack is like a deadly virus spreading fast. YouTube is littered with questionable content and pop-ups. YouTube looks like an infected person with lots of problems to look due to Ebaums hack.

 

One can put the comments tab off to protect oneself from this deadly attack. And if you don’t do this or have no idea, don’t bother as YouTube will fix it in a day.