Google has created a new browser API that will help Chrome fight certain types of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, adding another level of protection at the browser level to keep users safe ...

Online ad industry moves away from once prolific ads that are now deemed insecure because of DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities. Certain types of online ads that expand, contract and pop-open aren’t just ...

Adobe today patched a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Adobe Analytics AppMeasurement for Flash library. Adobe today patched a vulnerability in the Adobe Analytics AppMeasurement ...

Millions of Wordpress websites are at risk due to a vulnerability present in the default installation of the content management system. Security researcher David Dede warned on Wednesday the ...

The perceptions that critical operations are performed on the server side and that all data is stored there are incorrect. What many browsers do today involves reaching out over an unencrypted ...

Millions of websites running WordPress are at risk of hijacking attacks thanks to a vulnerability that is actively being exploited in the wild and is present in the default installation of the widely ...

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Gallup, the well-known international market research company, has moved to block security flaws on its website. The cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability could have exposed personal data or been ...

In 2005, a MySpace user named Samy discovered a unique way to expand his buddy list. Within 24 hours, the number of friends on his page grew from 73 to more than 1 million. He achieved this instant ...