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A deadly campaign delivers Pony info-stealer followed by Cryptowall ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-12-04 09:32

After the tech support scam paired with ransomware, another deadly combination has been seen targeting PC users: info-stealer coupled with ransomware. According to Heimdal Security's Andra Zaharia,...

86% of PHP-based apps contain at least one XSS vulnerability (Help Net Security)
2015-12-04 08:53

Four out of five applications written in PHP, Classic ASP and ColdFusion that were assessed by Veracode failed at least one of the OWASP Top 10. Given the volume of PHP applications developed for the ...

High-impact DoS flaw patched in Node.js, update as soon as possible (Help Net Security)
2015-12-04 08:43

The Node.js Foundation has pushed out a patch for its eponymous open source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side web applications. The fix plugs two security vulnerabilities,...

Apple's Swift programming language is now open source (Help Net Security)
2015-12-04 08:19

Apple announced that its Swift programming language is now open source. Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language that gives developers the freedom and capabilities they need to create th...