Remember our first post that there are no trusted sites? Followed by our second one? Now I suppose it’s time to start naming names in the post titles, since this seems to be a popular trend.

American Express is our latest winner. From Dark Reading:

Researchers have been reporting vulnerabilities on the Amex site since April, when the first of several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws was reported. However, researcher Russell McRee caused a stir again just a week ago when he reported newly discovered XSS vulnerabilities on the Amex site. The vulnerability, which is caused by an input validation deficiency in a get request, can be exploited to harvest session cookies and inject iFrames, exposing Amex site users to a variety of attacks, including identity theft, researchers say. McRee was tipped off to the problem when the Amex site prompted him to shorten his password – an unusual request in today’s security environment, where strong passwords are usually encouraged. … McRee says American Express did not respond to his warnings about the vulnerability. However, in a report issued by The Register on Friday, at least two researchers said they found evidence that American Express had attempted to fix the flaw – and failed. “They did not address the problem,” says Joshua Abraham, a Web security consultant for Rapid7, a security research firm. “They addressed an instance of the problem. You want to look at the whole application and say, ‘Where could similar issues exist?’”

No, we don’t intend on posting every one of these we hear about, but some of the bigger ones serve as nice reminders that there really isn’t any such thing as a “safe” website.

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