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 resolved an XSS vulnerability in Gmail described by the tech giant's own team as "awesome." On Monday, Michał Bentkowski, Chief Security Researcher at Securitum, disclosed the vulnerability ...

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 identified as one of the main threats to web users by the OWASP Foundation. XSS occurs when a malicious third party injects a script into content served by your website.

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 ...

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 ...

Netflix released Sleepy Puppy, a cross-site scripting payload management framework, to open source. The tool finds XSS vulnerabilities in secondary applications. Most automated scanning and security ...

The "Secure by Design" series has received another entry from the US security authorities CISA and FBI. This time, the authorities take a look at cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. In the ...