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Feds say dev's 'cookie-stuffer' app fleeced eBay
11/02/10
Feds say dev's 'cookie-stuffer' app fleeced eBay
Interesting clever in the "i wish I thought of that" way. Basically a cookie was dropped onto a users hard drive that went off to some website where it had affiliate ID's (think ads,referrals that kind of stuff) and fooled the system into thinking ads had been clicked/viewed/items sold on commision etc. when they had not, interestingly it used the eBay system which pays out on item sales or related tat too when people buy it, and yet no one knew :p
A typical cookie:
"The cookie-stuffing program exploited the eBay Partner Network, which pays referral fees to websites when one of their advertisements leads to a sale on the online auctioneer's site. The program works using web cookies that identify which site and advertisement were viewed just prior to the user visiting eBay. Saucekit directed user browsers to a website in Nevada, which deposited a cookie that identified a particular affiliate even though the website hadn't been visited."
Orig. article : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/09/ebay_cookie_stuffer_charges/
More info here :
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo/40007-double-metarefresh-pass-variable.html
Since everyone and there gran is looking at it, it wont allow no more guests so sign up if you want...
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