Back in late December, Ars covered the sudden appearance of a JavaScript worm variant designed to capitalize on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. While the exploit itself had been in the wild ...

The exploit makes direct calls to kernel32.dll, a core part of the Windows operating system. A representative of Mozilla said officials are aware of the vulnerability and are working on a fix.

The new Rowhammer exploit doesn't just target hardware -- it uses Javascript to do it, and can run within a web browser. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

Firefox has already issued an update to address the exploit. Users are urged to update to Firefox 39.0.3 to plug the potential security gap. H/T Gizmodo | Photo via Raphaël Quinet/Flickr (CC BY ...

The JS/Exploit-Messenger worm crawls through an Internet Explorer hole to infect MSN Messenger. The worm is relatively harmless, but the lesson to be learned is patch now.

Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat tools to protect themselves until a patch for a just-disclosed vulnerability is available, security experts said today.

A JavaScript exploit has allowed all kinds of not-at-all-safe-for-work sites to pop up sites and text through Twitter.com, and force a re-tweet, even if all a user does is move their mouse over a ...

As we see here in the Javascript they call “exploit.js” on the site, the whole thing is pre-scripted, including “Connection Killed” which happens at 18%. As you can see, it is pre-scripted.

A Javascript zero-day vulnerability affecting the Mozilla Firefox web browser is currently being actively exploited against The Onion Router (TOR) anonymising network users by unknown attackers ...

Twitter is seriously screwed up at the moment, thanks to a new Javascript exploit that’s currently slamming the service. Visitors of Twitter’s website are inadvertently retweeting spam and ...

Security experts today urged Adobe Reader and Acrobat users to disable the JavaScript option until a patch is issued for a just-disclosed vulnerability. Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe ...

Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat tools to protect themselves until a patch for a just-disclosed vulnerability is available, security experts said today. The advice ...