In Javascript, an object is a collection of related data or functionality; for example, a user account object may contain such data as usernames, passwords, and e-mail addresses. Once an attacker ...

JavaScript Security Vulnerabilities: Weakness in Web 2.0. By John K. Waters; August 8, 2006; A glaring spotlight is now focused on vulnerabilities inherent in a key enabler of the new breed of dynamic ...

The vast majority of security vulnerabilities in open-source projects reside in indirect dependencies rather than directly and first-hand loaded components. "Aggregating the numbers from all ...

Mozilla has introduced Firefox 141 – a security-focused update that addresses 18 newly disclosed vulnerabilities. They range ...

JavaScript vulnerabilities are on the rise in India with the entry of HTML5 and faster JavaScript engines. Here are some key problem areas along with antidotes.

The vulnerability, which Fortify calls “JavaScript hijacking,” can be exploited in Web. 2.0 applications that make use of Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (AJAX) technologies and have been built ...

Security firm Snyk Ltd. today said it has partnered with Google LLC to power the vulnerable JavaScript libraries audit in Google Chrome’s Lighthouse, an automated developer tool for improving the q ...

The researcher, who said that JavaScript vulnerabilities are present in sites maintained by everyone from well-known online retailers to large financial services companies, demonstrated a proof-of ...

The Tor Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network.

Adobe Systems has patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software to fix the latest in what one researcher called an "epidemic" of JavaScript vulnerabilities in the popular apps.