Security vulnerabilities found in LinkedIn

Dawinderpal Sahota
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A security researcher has found flaws in the way social networking site stores cookies

A security vulnerability has been found on networking site LinkedIn, days after the web site floated on the public markets. The flaws enable hackers to break into user accounts without the need ...

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