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Chrome tool aims to intercept malware delivery

...examines how website code executes to see if commands could lead to cross-site scripting or other attacks used to deliver malware to computers via... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Facebook bolsters user security features

...display warnings when users are about to be duped by clickjacking and cross-site scripting attacks. These occur when people think they are following a... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Twitter patches JavaScript hack

...adult websites. The company's status feed identified the hack as a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, and said Twitter had fully patched the hack... Read more

21 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Facebook locked in 'arms race' with spammers

...warnings when it detects that users are about to be duped by cross-site scripting (XSS) and clickjacking attacks. In such attacks, people are tricked... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft to fix Windows, Internet Explorer, Office holes

...that was disclosed in late April and which could lead to a cross-site scripting attack via the browser. Proof-of-concept exploit code has... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Detecting and Preventing Security Threats on Servers and Browsers

Detecting and Preventing Security Threats on Servers and Browsers

...exploited by malicious advertisers or intruders compromising the security of systems. Using cross site scripting techniques intruders can hijack web sessions and craft credible phishing... Read more

23 January, 2012
Toward Automated Detection of Logic Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

Toward Automated Detection of Logic Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

...in web applications have mostly focused on input validation flaws, such as cross site scripting and SQL injection, with much less attention devoted to application... Read more

30 November, 2010
Detecting XSS Scripting (<endeca_term>Cross-Site Scripting</endeca_term>

Detecting XSS Scripting (Cross-Site Scripting

This webcast should be viewed following the Script Injection video demonstration. Cross-site scripting ('XSS' or 'CSS') is an attack that takes advantage of... Read more

1 January, 2011
Detect and Sanitise Encoded <endeca_term>Cross-Site Scripting</endeca_term> and SQL Injection Attack Strings Using a Hash Map

Detect and Sanitise Encoded Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Attack Strings Using a Hash Map

CROSS-Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL injection are the top vulnerabilities found in... Read more

10 December, 2010

Twitter integrates Firefox 4 security feature

Twitter has made its mobile site compatible with an anti-cross-site-scripting feature in Firefox 4. Mozilla developed a standard for Firefox... Read more

24 March, 2011
PHP Aspis: Using Partial Taint Tracking to Protect Against Injection Attacks

PHP Aspis: Using Partial Taint Tracking to Protect Against Injection Attacks

...applications are increasingly popular victims of security attacks. Injection attacks, such as Cross Site Scripting or SQL Injection, are a persistent problem. Even though developers... Read more

28 April, 2011
An Empirical Analysis of XSS Sanitization in Web Application Frameworks

An Empirical Analysis of XSS Sanitization in Web Application Frameworks

...sanitization is the predominant mechanism in today's applications to defend against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. XSS sanitization can be difficult to get right... Read more

9 February, 2011

Google bumps up bug bounty to $20,000

...appropriate attention, we are likely to issue a higher reward for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google Wallet than one in Google Art Project... Read more

24 April, 2012

Facebook flooded with porn spam

...pictures of extreme violence and even a photograph of an abused dog". Cross-site scripting vulnerability A statement given by Facebook to ZDNet UK sister... Read more

16 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Adobe releases urgent Flash Player security update

...a malicious link delivered in an email message," Adobe said. "This universal cross-site scripting issue could be used to take actions on a user... Read more

22 September, 2011

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