Microsoft has introduced the SmartScreen feature, which has, over time, delivered over a billion blocks to potentially dangerous downloads. To help better protect consumers from malware, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft has released an open-source Web Protection Library (WPL) to help developers protect web sites from cross-site scripting attacks. The WPL, which is a set of .NET assemblies, is being offered ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) remains one of the most common security threats to web applications. Despite advanced protection mechanisms, attackers continue to find new ways to exploit XSS ...

Web administrators beware: Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are now far more attractive targets than more notorious bugs such as buffer overflows, according to new figures from Mitre, a U.S.

Mozilla on Wednesday posted preview builds of its Firefox browser with security enhancements designed to mitigate the risk of certain Web attacks. In a blog post, Brandon Sterne, security program ...

This entry should serve as an introduction to the threat of cross site scripting and how they can be exacerbated by the use of AJAX. This is the first part of a multipart series where I will detail ...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) remains a serious threat, even though the most commonly used front-end frameworks come with many security functions as standard. Frameworks such as React or Angular offer ...