As a security researcher, I regularly come across software vulnerabilities. Some can have a deep and lasting effect on the way customers and clients view the security of the organization and some can ...

I first became aware of cross-site scripting (XSS) nearly a decade ago. At the time, despite being an all too prevalent bug in Web applications, the risk posed by the flaw was of limited value. It was ...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a form of exploit where an attacker somehow places malicious JavaScript into a webpage. It can potentially allow the attacker to gain access to your account, steal ...

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 ...

Injection is an attack vector that involves breaking out of a data context and switching into a programming context through the use of special characters. These characters are significant to the ...

What would the perfect phishing attack from a social engineering perspective? The one that compared to using typosquatted domains impersonating the bank's web application directory structure is in ...

Twitter went into crisis mode today to fix an XSS flaw in the popular TweetDeck client that has users retweeting the virus-like vulnerability against their will. Despite swift action, the exploit ...

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 ...

Microsoft released security advisory 2501696, titled “Vulnerability in MHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure” today. The advisory addresses a flaw in the MHTML protocol handler which opens all ...