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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Defence has admitted to a security flaw in its website that could have opened visitors up to attack. The government department was alerted to the vulnerability by hacker group Team ...

The attack highlights the under-rated and often-ignored risk of allowing employees to check their personal e-mail accounts at work, the company says. Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a common security ...

Attackers are able to bypass the reflective cross-site scripting filter in Internet Explorer; the weakness is accepted by Microsoft as part of its design philosophy for the filter and will not be ...