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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, programming, Time Warner Inc., MySpace, JavaScript, Yahoo! Inc., security, house, Google Inc.

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, scanner, Web server, Web browser, security, server, programming, IP, router

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, hacker, dilemma, chief technology officer, security company, law, Web 2.0, professor, security, vulnerability, bug, PC

SANS names top hacker targets

November 15, 2006 Microsoft's IE and Office, Apple's Mac OS X and people themselves are among the Internet's weak links, the security group says. TAGS: SANS Institute, Web application, VoIP, attack, P2P, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X, security, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Rails users urged to fix flaw immediately

August 10, 2006 Flaw is so serious that Ruby on Rails team is withholding specifics until users have had chance to apply patch. TAGS: Ruby on Rails, framework, Web application, flaw, security

Microsoft to lift lid on hacker conference

March 17, 2006 It plans to publish findings from its third Blue Hat confab, where hackers give tips to Microsoft execs. TAGS: David Litchfield, SQL injection, conference, Web application, blog posting, SQL, Oracle Corp., hacker, researcher, security, event, Microsoft Corp., blog, database, speakers

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, Time Warner Inc., vulnerability, security, Web application, attack

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, Web surfer, JavaScript, attacker, hacker, hacking, SQL injection, creator, Web application, XSS, flaw, bot, vulnerability, SQL, researcher, security
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