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FAQ: JavaScript insecurities

July 29, 2006 JavaScript is playing a major role in the Web 2.0 boom, but increased use of the scripting language is raising security questions. TAGS: JavaScript, Web 2.0, AJAX, scripting language, FAQ, programming language, Netscape Communications Corp., attack, programming, Java, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Web browser, Google Inc.

Meet Chrome, Google's shiny new browser

September 6, 2008 Search giant makes its long-awaited foray into Web browsers, but just how far can it ride its online dominance? TAGS: Stephen Shankland, Google Chrome, NetSuite Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Sergey Brin, Ina Fried, co-founder, Web browser, JavaScript, extension, mobile phone, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, security, video

JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks

July 28, 2006 Malicious code embedded in Web site can let miscreant map a home or corporate network, attack connected devices. TAGS: SPI Dynamics, JavaScript, corporate network, internal network, attack, AJAX, researcher, Web application, Web server, scanner, Web browser, programming, server, security, router, IP

Insecurity complex on the Internet

April 2, 2007 JavaScript comes under scrutiny as a Web 2.0 "hijacking" threat--as the Jikto tool slips into the wild. TAGS: Web 2.0, JavaScript, threat, blog, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo Mail puts words in your mouth

July 17, 2002 Yahoo uses an automated filter to search e-mail and swap out a handful of words that pertain to Web code known as JavaScript. TAGS: Richard Smith, JavaScript, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, filter, command, MSN Hotmail, word, HTML, password, security, MSN, e-mail, message, Web browser

Blog feeds may carry security risk

August 4, 2006 Popular RSS and Atom feeds could carry malicious JavaScript code that would compromise a PC, an expert warned. TAGS: RSS, SPI Dynamics, JavaScript, blog, mailing list, attacker, RSS feed, reader, security, PC

Opera updates browser for Symbian

July 13, 2005 New browser has better support than previous versions for JavaScript and the Document Object Model, Opera says. TAGS: Opera Software, Document Object Model, Symbian Inc., JavaScript, Web browser

Mozilla flaws could allow attacks, data access

April 18, 2005 Open-source specialist says vulnerabilities affect its namesake suite and the Firefox browser. TAGS: JavaScript, Mozilla Corp., flaw, data access, advisory, malicious code, Firefox, pop-up, Web browser, open source, security

JavaScript bug-hunting tool demonstrated

March 24, 2007 Security researcher says his company won't let him release Jikto, which turns PCs of unknowing Web surfers into crawlers. TAGS: SPI Dynamics, JavaScript, Web security, researcher, XSS, security, Web browser, PC

Web attackers get better at hiding

April 18, 2007 In cat-and-mouse game with security pros, cybercrooks are hiding malicious code in Flash animations and encoding it, expert says. TAGS: Jose Nazario, Flash animation, JavaScript, malicious code, attack, signature, security, Web browser, trojan horse, PC

Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

October 1, 2006 Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. Photos: Hackers outline possible Firefox crack TAGS: Mischa Spiegelmock, Andrew Wbeelsoi, flaw, hacker, JavaScript, presentation, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., vulnerability, Web browser, security, video

Flaw found in Firefox

April 5, 2005 Hole found in popular open-source browser could release sensitive information stored in memory. TAGS: flaw, Firefox, open source, JavaScript, Web browser, memory

The security risk in Web 2.0

July 28, 2006 Security has become a no-brainer for desktop software, but the same doesn't hold true for the booming world of Web applications. TAGS: AJAX, Web 2.0, XSS, Web application, desktop software, expert, Time Warner Inc., JavaScript, security, programming, house, MySpace, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help

March 21, 2007 With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work. TAGS: Web security, JavaScript, attacker, Web surfer, hacking, SQL injection, XSS, creator, hacker, Web application, flaw, bot, SQL, vulnerability, researcher, security

Adobe to donate script code to Mozilla

November 7, 2006 In the largest code handoff since its formation, makers of Firefox will get Adobe's script "virtual machine." TAGS: Kevin Lynch, Adobe Systems Inc., virtual machine, Mozilla Corp., JavaScript, Firefox, open source, engine, Web browser

Microsoft, Mozilla downplay browser bug

June 8, 2006 Security flaw affecting both Internet Explorer and Firefox could allow an attacker to steal files from vulnerable computers, but is tough to exploit. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., attacker, JavaScript, vulnerability, Web browser, Firefox, security, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Antipiracy flub for Microsoft

July 29, 2005 Hackers publish a second way to bypass Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage, its newly launched antipiracy software. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, JavaScript, method, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Security trips up instant messaging

May 13, 2002 Both MSN Messenger and AIM have had security holes uncovered recently, and experts say that Yahoo IM is requiring people to run with less security. What's going on? TAGS: Time Warner Inc., JavaScript, flaw, Yahoo! Inc., script, IM, security, Yahoo IM, MSN Messenger, America Online Inc., Symantec Corp., MSN, server, Web browser

Google kicks offline Web apps into gear

May 30, 2007 Search giant launches Google Gears, open-source software that brings offline access and local storage to the Web browser. TAGS: Web application, Google Inc., JavaScript, Web browser, developer, Web server, Opera Software, access, RSS, Firefox, open source, database, server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Standards activists target scripts

July 19, 2005 A group of Web developers that goaded browser makers into following standards is setting its sights on scripting. TAGS: Document Object Model, JavaScript, Web development, script, force, author, CSS, Web browser, Apple Computer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
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