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 ...

In 2011, a group of hackers known as Lulzsec went on a two month rampage hacking into dozens of websites including those owned by FOX, PBS, the FBI, Sony and many others. The group was eventually ...

Security for anything you connect to the internet is important. Think of these devices as doorways. They either allow access to services or provides services for someone else. Doorways need to be ...

Illustration by Mark Todd In May, Web security consultant George Deglin discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit that involved Facebook’s controversial Instant Personalization feature. The ...

Cross-site scripting attacks: A guide for developers and users Your email has been sent XSS attacks have been around for a long time, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still a huge threat. This ebook ...

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 ...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is the most commonly exploited vulnerability, according to HackerOne, currently the largest platform aimed at connecting organisations with a community of white hat hackers ...

Web applications are a common target for cyber attacks. And attacks are always evolving. That's why one of the conclusions of a new report — that the venerable cross-site scripting attack is still the ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cross-site scripting (XSS) errors are responsible for more than half of all web application vulnerabilities 1. So, in this age of accountability and expectations ...

Microsoft's Application Consulting & Engineering (ACE Team) has shipped XSSDetect, a free Visual Studio plug-in capable of flagging potential cross-site scripting issues in managed code. The tool, ...