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Blue movie website RedTube was stiffed over the weekend by a hacker who gave the site a rather nasty infection. The porno purveyor inadvertently spread the seed of malware after a hacker compromised its servers and tweaked its homepage – exposing visitors to malicious code that attempted to exploit a security vulnerability in …

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  1. Richard Jones 1
    WTF?

    Flash

    Why on earth is anyone still using that pile of steaming dung called flash. No cute cat video or anything else is worth the aggravation caused by the lace curtain shield called Flash. Or do people want a career devoted to almost daily updates that always follow the release of yet another flaw exploit?

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    1. TechnoTechno
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      Re: Flash

      I totally agree with you. It's an almost weekly occurrence.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Flash

      I actually visited redtube recently, but thankfully using my Android tablet, so no Flash to worry about. That does raise the question though; if it was so easy for mobile sites to do without Flash when Adobe canned the mobile versions, why is it still so popular for desktop sites? The transition away from Flash on mobile really didn't seem that painful.

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  2. 45RPM Silver badge

    Thumbs up

    Beautiful piece of journalism, this, in the best traditions of this esteemed organ. I take my hat off to you. And well done for ensuring that high investigative standards are maintained by actually visiting the site concerned rather than merely relying on hearsay. Top job.

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  3. Ralph B

    Penetration

    > It's not clear how deep RedTube, part of the massive PornHub network, was penetrated

    From the reputation of the site, I'm guessing the attackers exploited a well-known back door.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Penetration

      Whose?

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  4. spudmasterflex
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    Good job I run hardened security

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  5. wayne 8

    Origin of "grumble flick"?

    I was thinking a couple of days ago (rare occurence) about where did the term "grumble flick" originate?

    I just did a search and the only defining reference to "grumble flick" was urban dictionary witrhout any detail of origin.

    Most of the top entries were links to different variations of this article.

    The word "grumble" does not give self satisying clues.

    Closest might be the verb grumble "to utter low, indistinct sounds; growl. " I guess while pleasuring oneself, one might grumble.

    Thanks.

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  6. John Tserkezis

    Thanks for the heads up.

    Not only is she easy, she's been freshly cleaned. Yah!

    (Later)

    Oww. I feel itchy in all the wrong places....

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  7. earl grey
    Pint

    appreciate the heads up

    No, seriously. Have a beer.

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