Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. The Department of Homeland Security has warned federal agencies ...

Even the most trustworthy-looking website could trick you into giving up personal details through cross-site scripting. Here’s what you need to know about XSS attacks. It’s easy to become convinced of ...

Displaying entered names or comments directly on the screen. While this is a very common feature in web applications, it can ...

CISA and the FBI urged technology manufacturing companies to review their software and ensure that future releases are free of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities before shipping. The two federal ...

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities have been exploited by attackers since the early 2000s, and XSS has been on the OWASP Top 10 list of critical security risks for web applications beginning in 2004 ...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks take advantage of coding flaws in the way websites or web applications generate input from users. Despite their longstanding reputation as a significant infosec ...

In cyber security, attention is concentrated on the new -- zero-day exploits, for example, are big news and big business. But old threats can still cause big problems for organizations, even when the ...

With the advent of social networking sites, becoming more popular is as easy as crafting a few lines of JavaScript code, it seems. One clever MySpace user looking to expand his buddy list recently ...

In the past it’s been relatively rare for vulnerabilities to be discovered in WordPress but recently there have been an unusual cluster of vulnerability discoveries, aided by AI. There are twelve ...