Self-XSS (Cross Site Scripting) ~ Social Engineering Attack and Prevention Ethical Hacking Tutorials

Self-XSS is one of the popular Social Engineering Attack used by Attackers to trick users into paste the malicious code in browser. Usually scammers use this attack for tricking users to buy products or get money through online survey. An attacker can use this for malicious purpose. He can steal Confidential data, cookies, redirect to malware sites and more. Dont click the shorthand urls for Example: bit.ly/55ewEb?22.22. This may redirect to an infected sites. Use NoScript add on that will prevent javascript running in your browser.”]

Source: http://breakthesecurity.cysecurity.org/2011/11/self-xss-cross-site-scripting-social-engineering-attack-and-prevention.html