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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, Netscape Communications Corp., programming language, attack, programming, Java, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Web browser

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.

Google thanks bug hunters

November 1, 2006 In the Web 2.0 world, a lack of traditional security alerts means companies have to find a new way to give credit where its due. TAGS: Web company, researcher, Web 2.0, Google Inc., flaw, vulnerability, Web application, Time Warner Inc., security, attack

Gates sizes up the Web's next generation

March 21, 2006 Microsoft's chairman says it's time to embrace new Web trends, from programmable sites to ad-funded hosted services. Video: Rebirth of the cool Video: Gates keynote at Mix '06 TAGS: Web 2.0, Bill Gates, Microsoft .NET, conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., video, security, Microsoft Windows

Netflix fixes Web 2.0 bugs

October 17, 2006 Site weakness could have let outsiders change a user's address and potentially hijack their account. TAGS: NetFlix Inc., weakness, Web 2.0, flaw, account, security, DVD

Black Hat conference goers deal with insecurities

August 3, 2007 Security experts gather in Las Vegas at the annual security conference, which has been "supersized" to handle more people, topics--and controversy. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, conference, Web 2.0, Las Vegas, security, Web browser, video

Year in review: Botnet gains, Web 2.0 pains

December 31, 2007 As the Storm worm raged, tapping countless PCs for nefarious ends, the rush to online applications left many Web sites vulnerable. TAGS: Web 2.0, arrest, gain, malicious software, Apple QuickTime, MySpace, security

Wardens of the Web

June 28, 2007 With the ever-growing world of Web 2.0 comes new security challenges. In CNET News.com's four-day series, we peek behind the curtain at online giants Yahoo, Google and Microsoft, and the elite corp... TAGS: Web security, Web 2.0, Google Inc., security, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Tech titans on the defensive

December 20, 2007 Industry superpowers are left scrambling to keep up with a fast-changing tech world that is seemingly about to leave them behind. TAGS: Greg Garcia, titan, Web 2.0, Dan Rather, Bill Gates, CEO, media, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Web application, dilemma, hacker, chief technology officer, law, Web 2.0, security company, vulnerability, security, professor, bug, PC

The new battleground in cybercrime

November 30, 2007 Finjan CTO Yuval Ben-Itzhak writes that user data increasingly is driving "criminal-2-criminal" business. TAGS: cybercriminal, Finjan Software Inc., signature, Web 2.0, attacker, malicious code, trojan horse, credit card, bank, security, spyware, server, PC

Google: 'We all have to invent the wheel'

June 25, 2007 Leading the charge in Web security at Google, vice president of engineering stands at the forefront of a critical period. TAGS: Web security, Arkansas, forefront, Del.icio.us, Google Inc., Digg, Web 2.0, vice president, state, security
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