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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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