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 today’s digital landscape, web applications are integral to our daily lives, enabling seamless interactions and transactions. However, this increased connectivity also opens the door to potential ...

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 ...

WordPress announced a security update to fix two vulnerabilities that could provide an attacker with the opportunity to stage a full site takeover. Among the two vulnerabilities, the most serious one ...

Sites that use the Gutenberg (found in WordPress 5.0 to 5.2.2) are open to complete takeover. A just-patched stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress allowed drive-by remote ...

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities allow malicious attackers to take advantage of web server scripts written in languages such as PHP, ASP, .NET, Perl or Java that do not adequately filter data sent ...

Netgear warned customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware, which patches stored cross-site scripting (XSS) and authentication bypass vulnerabilities in several WiFi 6 router ...

Successful exploitation allows attackers to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, and perform phishing, spoofing and drive-by-download attacks. Users of the ...

A security feature that's included with the Microsoft Edge browser appears to have stopped working, according to Gareth Heyes, a security researcher with cyber-security firm PortSwigger. The security ...